Energy & Fuels, Vol.19, No.5, 2110-2113, 2005
Continuous hydrogen evolution from tetrahydronaphthalene over palladium catalysts supported on activated carbon fibers
The continuous production of hydrogen from tetraliydronaphtlialene (1) is achieved effectively using Pd/ACF catalysts (where ACF is activated carbon fiber) in a common fixed-bed flow reactor. Thus, the reaction efficiency is almost five times higher than that in a batch reactor under similar reaction conditions. Furthermore, cyclohexane (3) and decahydronaphthalene (4) can also be used as a hydrogen source in the reaction system.