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SOLREF - Solar Steam Reforming of Methane Rich Gas for Synthesis Gas Production

What is SOLREF?

Conversion (reforming) of natural gas (methane) with steam is a well established industrial process. It is used for large scale production of hydrogen or synthesis gas (a mixture of primarily H2 and CO) as an intermediate step to further products. The reforming process is a high temperature endothermic catalytic reaction. The energy content of the product gases is in general approximately 25% higher than that of the hydrocarbon feed. When operating the reforming process with concentrated solar radiation, the solar energy is converted into chemical energy and therefore it increases the energy content of the gas. Consequently the product gas can be considered as a solar upgraded fuel.

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Project Partners

DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (D)

Center for Research and Technology - Hellas, Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute (EL)

Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)

ETH - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (CH)

Johnson Matthey Fuel Cell Ltd. (UK)

HyGear B.V. (NL)

SHAP S.p.A. (I)

Kontakt

Dr.rer.nat. Christian Sattler
Abteilungsleiter Solare Verfahrenstechnik
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Institut für Solarforschung, Solare Verfahrenstechnik
Köln-Porz
Tel.: +49 2203 601-2868
Fax: +49 2203 601-4141

News

Project Description

SOLREF review at the TechDays'07 - Poster (1,04 MB)

SOLREF review at the TechDays'07 - Presentation (2,61 MB)

SOLREF review at the TechDays'05 - Presentation (1,82 MB)

European Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Projects (0,88 MB)

Publications from the ETH - Project-related