Advances in methanol-steam catalytic reforming process

Steam reforming of methanol is one of the desired sources of hydrogen for fuel cells, providing almost CO-free syngas comprising hydrogen and CO2 in ratio of about 3 to 1, if proper catalysts are chosen. In this article, recent advances in the field of catalysts for methanol steam reforming are reviewed, including their reaction conditions, catalytic performances, catalytic mechanism, nature of catalytically active clusters, and dynamic analysis. The catalysts used in the oxidative steam reforming of methanol while oxygen (or air) is added to the reforming system are also introduced.