Effect of basicity in the aqueous phase reforming of brewery wastewater for H2 production

A.S. Oliveira, J.A. Baeza, D. Garcia, B. Saenz de Miera, L. Calvo, J.J. Rodriguez and M.A. Gilarranz

Renewable Energy, 2020, vol. 148, issue C, 889-896

Abstract: Real (RBW) and synthetic brewery wastewater (SBW) were treated by aqueous phase reforming (APR) with different 3%Pt/C catalysts for H2 production from the biomass-derived organic load. APR enabled simultaneous treatment of the wastewater and valorisation to H2 and alkanes of the biomass-derived organic load. In the catalytic APR of SBW, TOC and COD removal was higher than 60% after reaction time of the experiments. The addition of KOH or NaOH to SBW resulted in a slightly lower TOC and COD removal, however higher yields to H2 and percentage of valuable gases were obtained in those cases where KOH was added. Catalyst with basic support and low contribution of micropores showed the best performance in the APR of SBW + KOH (∼50% of H2 and 8.9 mmol H2/g COD). The concentration of anions detected in the liquid effluents varied with the catalysts tested and with the concentration of base, suggesting different reaction pathways. Increasing the concentration of KOH led to CO2-free H2 without significant changes in H2 yield. The results obtained with RBW were in good agreement with those from SBW, although the significantly different behaviour of some catalysts suggests the need of tuning their properties according to the composition of the wastewater.

Keywords: Hydrogen; Brewery wastewater; Aqueous phase reforming; Basicity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.10.173

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