H2 – TechConnect Briefs

Creating a Global Hydrogen Infrastructure from Waste Materials

Madden D., Eco Energy International, LLC, US

The lack of a hydrogen infrastructure has impeded the implementation of fuel cell technology in many areas worldwide. At the same time, the world is awash with waste materials. For example, Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) [...]

Biofilm as a versatile stablizer and promoter for Pd nanoparticle (PdNP) recovery and catalytic denitrification

Zhou C., Rittmann B.E., Wang Z., Ontiveros-Valencia A., Krajmalnik-Brown R., Arizona State University, US

There is an increasing demand on recycling of palladium from mining waste streams for purposes of resource retrieval and catalytic application. We introduced the novel H2-based membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR) technology to recover Pd in [...]

Catalytic Biomass Reforming for Hydrogen and Hydrocarbon Production

Tungal R., Subramanian M., Lew C., Shende R.V., South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, US

Catalytic biomass reforming (CBR) has a great potential for the production of H2 and hydrocarbon fuels. This study reports: i) subcritical aqueous phase liquefaction of biomass using homogeneous catalyst such as Ni(NO3)2 salt for the [...]

Catalytic Biomass Reforming for Hydrogen and Hydrocarbon Production

Tungal R., Subramanian M., Lew C., Shende R.V., South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, US

Catalytic biomass reforming (CBR) has a great potential for the production of H2 and hydrocarbon fuels. This study reports: i) subcritical aqueous phase liquefaction of biomass using homogeneous catalyst such as Ni(NO3)2 salt for the [...]

Synthesis of Nano-Sized Ferrite Materials for H2 Generation from High Temperature Water-Splitting Reaction

Bhosale R., Shende R., Puszynski J., South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, US

As the current research trends in H2 generation using thermochemical water-splitting reaction are focused towards lowering the H2 generation temperatures, it is believed that the nano-sized ferrite materials with porous morphology will significantly reduce the [...]