December 28, 2017

A systematic comparison of hydrogen production from fossil fuels, biomass resources and electrolysis has been jointly prepared by scientists from the North China Electric Power University (Beijing), Queen’s University (Belfast), and the College of Engineering Roorkee (India). The four pathways to hydrogen production considered in this research are:

• Steam reforming without carbon capture and storage (CCS)
• Steam reforming with CCS
• Biomass gasification
• Electrolysis

Biomass pyrolysis was excluded because it is currently being studied in a small-scale test plant. As a result, the available data of expected yields is limited and a set of chemical processes and infrastructure is required for pyrolysis on a large scale.