Current trends and future developments on (bio ) membranes: Membrane systems for hydrogen production 1.3.4. Water electrolysis 1.3.5. Photocatalysis 1.4. Hydrogen storage 1.5. Life cycle analysis and sustainability assessment in hydrogen production 1.6. Conclusions and future trends References Chapter 2: Membrane reactors for H2 and energy production 2.1. Introduction 2.1.1. Definition of membrane reactors 2.2. Membranes: General considerations 2.2.1. Type of membrane 2.2.2. Role of the membrane 2.3. Membrane reactor configuration 2.3.1. Packed bed membrane reactor 2.3.2. Fluidized bed membrane reactor 2.3.3. Membrane micro reactors 2.3.4. Membrane bio reactors 2.4. Membrane reactors for H2 production 2.4.1. Methane steam reforming 2.4.2. Methane dry reforming 2.4.3. Methane partial oxidation 2.4.4. Water gas shift (WGS) 2.4.5. Renewable sources reforming reactions in membrane reactors 2.4.6. Use of microporous membrane reactors 2.5. Advantages and disadvantages of the membrane reactors 2.6. Conclusions and future trends References Chapter 3: Hydrogen production by catalytic processes 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Catalytic processes 4.3. Membrane technology in hydrogen separation 4.3.1. Metallic membranes for hydrogen separation 4.3.1.1. Permeation mechanism 4.3.1.2. Pd based membrane performance 4.3.2. Silica membranes for hydrogen separation 4.3.2.1. Permeation mechanism 4.3.2.2. Silica membrane performance 4.3.3. Zeolite membranes for hydrogen separation 4.3.3.1. Permeation mechanism 4.3.3.2. Zeolite membrane performance 4.3.4. Polymeric membranes for hydrogen separation 4.3.4.1. Permeation mechanism 4.3.4.2. Polymeric membranes performance Intro Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio ) Membranes: Membrane systems for Hydrogen Production Copyright Contents Contributors Preface Section 1: Hydrogen for sustainable future Chapter 1: Overview on recent developments on hydrogen energy: Production catalysis and sustainability 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Key drivers and challenges for hydrogen economy 1.3. Hydrogen production and its applications 1.3.1. Thermochemical conversion 1.3.2. Catalytic processes for hydrogen production 1.3.3. Biological hydrogen production biological 3.2.1. Overview of the processes involved in H2 production and purification from natural gas feedstock 3.2.2. Feedstocks used for H2 production 3.2.3. Thermodynamics 3.3. Catalysts 3.3.1. Noble metals based catalysts 3.3.2. Other transition metals based catalysts 3.3.3. Bimetallic catalysts 3.3.4. Choice of the support 3.4. Conclusions and future trends References Chapter 4: Membranes for hydrogen separation 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Processes of hydrogen production 4.2.1. Hydrogen from fossil fuels 4.2.2. Hydrogen from renewable sources