Title:
Efficient hydrogen production in oxygen transport membrane reactors
Abstract:
Hydrogen, as an energy carrier and chemical feedstock, has an essential role in a sustainable future. Our group has been developing oxygen transport membranes (OTMs) for hydrogen production from water splitting, reforming and gasification to improve the production efficiency and decrease the carbon footprint. In this talk, I will focus on the application on gasification, and discuss how the H2 S-tolerant OTMs can significantly reduce the energy penalty of carbon capture in an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC). Both experimental and system modelling results will be presented.
Bio:
Dr. XiaoYu Wu is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Zhejiang University, and Ph.D. from MIT. His research group, Greener Production @ Waterloo, combines expertise in thermal science, material engineering and techno-economics to develop sustainable technologies for energy conversion and chemical production.