RT journal article
T1 Experimental and Process Modelling Investigation of the Hydrogen Generation from Formic Acid Decomposition Using a Pd/Zn Catalyst
A1 Hafeez, Sanaa
A1 Barlocco, Ilaria
A1 Al-Salem, Sultan M.
A1 Villa, Alberto
A1 Chen, Xiaowei
A1 Delgado Jaén, Juan José
A1 Manos, George
A1 Dimitratos, Nikolaos
A1 Constantinou, Achilleas
A2 Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica
K1 formic acid decomposition
K1 H2 production
K1 process simulation modelling
K1 renewable energy
K1 green chemistry
AB The use of hydrogen as a renewable fuel has attracted great attention in recent years. The decomposition of formic acid under mild conditions was investigated using a 2%Pd6Zn4 catalyst in a batch reactor. The results showed that the conversion of formic acid increases with reaction temperature and with the formic acid concentration. A process-simulation model was developed to predict the decomposition of formic acid using 2%Pd6Zn4 in a batch reactor. The model demonstrated very good validation with the experimental work. Further comparisons between the 2%Pd6Zn4 catalyst and a commercial Pd/C catalyst were carried out. It was found that the 2%Pd6Zn4 demonstrated significantly higher conversions when compared with the commercial catalyst.
PB MDPI
SN 2076-3417
YR 2021
FD 2021-09
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/25825
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/25825
LA eng
NO The authors thank London South Bank University; School of Engineering for the PhD fund that supports the work of Sanaa Hafeez.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 21-sep-2026