RESEARCH ARTICLE

Thermodynamic assessment of hydrogen production via solar thermochemical cycle based on MoO2/Mo by methane reduction

  • Jiahui JIN 1 ,
  • Lei WANG 2 ,
  • Mingkai FU , 3 ,
  • Xin LI 2 ,
  • Yuanwei LU , 1
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  • 1. College of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100022, China
  • 2. Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3. Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

Received date: 14 May 2019

Accepted date: 26 Aug 2019

Published date: 15 Mar 2020

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2019 Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature

Abstract

Inspired by the promising hydrogen production in the solar thermochemical (STC) cycle based on non-stoichiometric oxides and the operation temperature decreasing effect of methane reduction, a high-fuel-selectivity and CH4-introduced solar thermochemical cycle based on MoO2/Mo is studied. By performing HSC simulations, the energy upgradation and energy conversion potential under isothermal and non-isothermal operating conditions are compared. In the reduction step, MoO2: CH4 = 2 and 1020 K<Tred<1600 K are found to be most favorable for syngas selectivity and methane conversion. Compared to the STC cycle without CH4, the introduction of methane yields a much higher hydrogen production, especially at the lower temperature range and atmospheric pressure. In the oxidation step, a moderately excessive water is beneficial for energy conversion whether in isothermal or non-isothermal operations, especially at H2O: Mo= 4. In the whole STC cycle, the maximum non-isothermal and isothermal efficiency can reach 0.417 and 0.391 respectively. In addition, the predicted efficiency of the second cycle is also as high as 0.454 at Tred = 1200 K and Toxi = 400 K, indicating that MoO2 could be a new and potential candidate for obtaining solar fuel by methane reduction.

Cite this article

Jiahui JIN , Lei WANG , Mingkai FU , Xin LI , Yuanwei LU . Thermodynamic assessment of hydrogen production via solar thermochemical cycle based on MoO2/Mo by methane reduction[J]. Frontiers in Energy, 2020 , 14(1) : 71 -80 . DOI: 10.1007/s11708-019-0652-9

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Innovation Practice Training Program of College Students, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Application No. 20184000028), the Practical Training Program of Beijing University of Higher Education High-level Talents Cross-cultivation (No. 16053225), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51476163, 51806209 and 81801768).
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