The methods for mass production of hydrogen in industry as follows:
① Water vapor is passed through hot coke, and the generated water gas is separated to obtain hydrogen.Coal is directly vaporized to generate coal gas and then separated to obtain hydrogen.
② Hydrogen can also be obtained by separating the substances produced by the catalytic decomposition of natural gas and the reforming of natural gas and steam.
③ Catalytic reforming of methanol to hydrogen production.
④ Hydrogen production by electrolysis of water.
⑤ Hydrogen production by partial oxidation of heavy oil, and other methods such as hydrogen production by ammonia decomposition.
At present, the technical methods of methanol catalytic hydrogen production at home and abroad mainly include methanol steam reforming, methanol partial oxidation, and methanol decomposition three hydrogen production technologies.In the industrial production process, methanol steam reforming technology is mainly used to produce hydrogen.The methanol steam reforming hydrogen production process has been favored by many production-oriented enterprises due to its advantages of small investment, low production cost, advanced technology, easy separation of product hydrogen, and easy transportation of raw material methanol, which has been widely used in various industries across the country.