A plate-type reactor coated with zirconia-sol and catalyst mixture for methanol steam-reforming

A plate-type reactor with 10 channels is designed for methanol steam-reforming and its performance is investigated in the temperature range 210-290 °C. A catalyst coated with zirconia-sol solution in the channels of the reactor exhibits a good adherence with the substrate that is maintained even after reaction including fast feed flow rates at high temperature. Five plate-type reactors are stacked in order to test their performance for methanol steam-reforming. At 270 °C, hydrogen at 3.1 l h−1 is obtained at a feed flow rate of 2.0 g h−1, which corresponds to results for a conventional packed-bed reactor under various reaction conditions.