Recent Advances in Catalytic Reforming for Hydrogen/Syngas Production
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalysis for Sustainable Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2025 | Viewed by 982
Special Issue Editors
Interests: catalysis; process intensification; catalytic reforming; CO2 capture; CO2 catalytic conversion; renewable hydrogen and syngas; waste valorization; alternative fuels; process modeling
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Interests: environmental catalysis; biomass utilization; bio-oil; biogas; glycerol; hydrogen; syngas; renewable diesel; reforming; selective deoxygenation; CO2 hydrogenation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Catalytic reforming is one of the main industrial processes for obtaining a wide variety of products. In particular, hydrogen production by reforming processes (such as steam reforming, dry reforming, and aqueous-phase reforming) has attracted considerable interest. However, by-product formation and catalyst deactivation (in particular, by carbon deposition) are among the main concerns. This Special Issue aims to cover recent trends and advances in different catalytic reforming processes, both conventional and intensified, for hydrogen production. Full research papers, review papers, and short communications are welcome for this Special Issue.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Reforming processes for hydrogen production;
- Steam reforming;
- Autothermal steam reforming;
- Dry reforming;
- Aqueous-phase reforming;
- Plasma reforming;
- Production of renewable hydrogen;
- Valorization of waste, biomass, and biomass derivatives;
- Conventional and intensified processes;
- Development and characterization of new catalytic materials;
- Theoretical studies and modeling;
- Techno-economic evaluation.
Prof. Dr. Maria Cornelia Iliuta
Prof. Dr. Maria A. Goula
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- catalytic reforming processes
- renewable hydrogen
- steam reforming
- autothermal steam reforming
- dry reforming
- aqueous-phase reforming
- plasma reforming
- valorization of waste, biomass, biomass derivatives
- catalyst synthesis
- catalyst deactivation/activation
- catalyst regeneration
- reaction mechanism
- conventional and intensified processes
- theoretical study
- process modeling
- techno-economic evaluation
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