Biogas reactor offers a route to decentralising ‘green’ hydrogen production
Chemical looping process produces ultra-pure hydrogen from methane
Hydrogen has great potential as a green fuel, but several issues need to be ironed out before widespread rollout can happen. A compact hydrogen production plant developed by the Technical University (TU) of Graz and industry partners could be the answer to solving some of these problems.
The plant uses a chemical looping method to extract hydrogen from methane produced from farm waste at a local biogas plant , Ökostrom Mureck . It is still at the pilot stage, but Rouge H2 Engineering , the Graz-based start-up involved in the project, hopes to roll out more of these mini plants in the future. ‘There is a lot of interest, I can definitely confirm that,’ says Christian Legerer, engineering project manager at the company.