Catalytic Dry Reforming of Methane

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change has led to various severe issues; thus, many efforts have been made to reduce greenhouse gases, with a main focus on CO₂ and CH₄. The dry reforming (DR) of methane is a popular research topic in which CO₂ is employed as reforming agent. This process not only reduces two types of greenhouse gas but also provides syngas production, which can be utilized as an important feedstock for chemical industry and hydrogen resources. DR is not regarded as an industrially mature process, despite its apparent economic and environmental benefits. The major obstacle preventing the commercialization of DR is that carbon formation and sintering quickly deactivate conventional reforming catalysts.

This Special issue will gather research articles and short reviews mainly related to the development of new catalysts (synthesis routes, morphology, materials, mechanism, etc.), the investigation of process parameters, studies on catalyst stability under DR conditions, and designs of reactors and processed with CFD modeling and process optimization. Additionally, it will include the steam reforming (SR) and steam CO₂ reforming (SCR) of methane for the production of syngas, and CO₂ neutralization with hydrogen produced from water electrolysis using surplus electricity.  

Dr. Dong Ju Moon
Dr. Hong-ran Park
Guest Editors

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• Dry reforming
• Steam CO₂ reforming
• Steam reforming
• Carbon neutralization
• Syngas synthesis
• Reforming process
• Catalyst design
• Reactor designs
• CDF modeling
• Hydrogen station