Aqueous-phase reforming of biomass using various types of supported precious metal and raney-nickel catalysts for hydrogen production

Aqueous phase reforming (APR) of real biomass was studied for production of hydrogen gas Wheat straw, an abundant by product from wheat production was used as representative lignocellulosic biomass Wheat straw was hydrolyzed in an environmentally benign sub critical water condition APR experiments of wheat straw hydrolysates were performed using commercial catalysts which were made of Pt, Pd and Ru doped on carbon activated carbon and alumina supports for production of hydrogen rich gas mixture The activity and selectivity of two commercial raney nickel catalysts were also monitored in terms of hydrogen production