Hydrogen from Steam/CO2 Reforming of Waste

This paper discusses the conversion of cellulosic biomass and organic waste to high purity hydrogen while at the same time generating with solid oxide fuel cell both electric power and co-generated heat for buildings and villages. Our paper focuses on two of our most recent demonstrations of steam/CO2 reforming of a med-waste stream and of an agri-materials stream. They are very different in their physical characteristics as well as chemical content (i.e. plastic content), and with our special feed equipment are fed continuously and successfully into our process without problem-admissions of air. This was critically important in order to produce the most valuable, hydrogen-rich syngas for economically attractive purification to hydrogen of high fuel-grade purity – green hydrogen. Also of importance, is the production of other streams of eco-products for carbon-sequestration that help ensure that these plants have a rapid payback. In this way, the customer with their agri-material or waste problem will have the plant on their site to solve their problem and turn a profit. Widely deploying such plants help solve air and water quality problems as well as achieve greenhouse gas emissions goals of California, the U.S. and around the world.