Hydrogen generation from waste mg based materials catalysed by stainless steel net in acetic acid

Tien Chien Jen, Vuyo Hashe, Chung Hsing Chao

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Abstract

Low-grade Mg waste from post-consumer products and production waste cannot be recycled efficiently and economically. This work addresses this challenge by converting this waste into hydrogen. Mg waste is melt, loaded on one side of a stainless steel and solidified to form a galvanic Mg stainless steel couple. These couples are being used to generate hydrogen in 3.5% by weight CH3COOH solution at 15°C and 20°C respectively. The experimental results show that a mean accumulated H2 volume of 3.17 litres was produced when Mg stainless steel couple had a weight of 48.44 grams and water bath temperature of 15°C. One gram of low grade Mg yielded 2.91 Litres of H2. Another sample at 20°C with a weight of 52.73 grams showed a higher H2 volume yield of 3.21 litres per gram. This work can be expanded to a larger scale as the litres per gram volume indicates a lot more compared to what has been reported in literature.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEnergy
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)9780791858417
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
EventASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2017 - Tampa, United States
Duration: 3 Nov 20179 Nov 2017

Publication series

NameASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
Volume6

Conference

ConferenceASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityTampa
Period3/11/179/11/17

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanical Engineering

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