Research Article

Thermodynamic Analysis of the Hydrogen Production from Ethanol: First and Second Laws Approaches

Table 4

Irreversibilities in all process stages. Reactants molar ratio effect.

Water/ethanolIrreversibility, kW
2.548

Mixing2.673.123.96
Vaporization163.96225.65388.02
Heating229.34333.03609.34
Reforming168.05154.21125.16