Hydrogen production from steam reforming of acetic acid over Cu-Zn supported calcium aluminate

► 12CaO·7Al2O3 and Cu-Zn/Ca-Al novel catalysts were tested for steam reforming. ► Cu-Zn/Ca-Al bimetallic and without support catalyst had higher activity with its H2 yield compared for a self sacrificed catalysts. ► Detailed Catalyst characterization was done by BET, SEM-EDX, XRD and TEM techniques.