Steam Methane Reforming¶

This dataset contains techno-economic data on steam methane reforming (including auto-thermal reforming) with and without carbon capture for producing hydrogen.

Fields¶

The techno-economic data is distinguished across the following fields.

Subtechnologies (subtech)¶

• SMR: Steam Methane Reforming
• ATR: Autothermal Reforming

Aggregated parameters¶

All data in this dataset can be aggregated via the NOSLAG workflow, which yields the following parameters:

ⓘ	variable	Lifetime	OCF	Output Capacity|Hydrogen	Output|Hydrogen	CAPEX	Capture Rate	Input|Electricity	Input|Natural Gas	OPEX Fixed	OPEX Variable	Total Output Capacity|Hydrogen	Output|Electricity
	unit	year	percent	cubic_meter_H2_norm/hour	MWh_H2_LHV	EUR_2024	percent	MWh	MWh_NG_LHV	EUR_2024/yr	EUR_2024	lb_H2/hour	MWh
subtech	capture_rate
SMR	0.00%	27.5	92.5	1.0	1.0	2350.0	0.0	0.0194	1.40	75.2	1.630	31400.0	0.0355
SMR	55.70%	27.5	92.5	1.0	1.0	3510.0	55.7		1.46	116.0	0.298	31400.0	0.00534
SMR	90.00%	27.5	92.5	1.0	1.0	5300.0	90.0		1.55	153.0	0.280	31400.0	0.00153
SMR	96.20%	27.5	92.5	1.0	1.0	4230.0	96.2	0.0611	1.47	110.0	8.230	31400.0
ATR	94.50%	30.0	90.0	1.0	1.0	3340.0	94.5	0.12	1.38	85.4	12.200	60600.0

Comparison¶

The figure below compares key parameters of the different technology options.

Raw data¶

The table below contains the raw data contained in this dataset. The raw data has not be normalised or harmonised in any way and should closely resemble the data as it is reported by the respective sources. You can also find this data in the GitHub repo in this file: posted/database/tedfs/Tech/Steam Methane Reforming.csv

ⓘsource	source_detail	subtech	capture_rate	period	variable	reference_variable	value	uncertainty	unit	reference_value	reference_unit	comment
IEA-GHG-2017	Page 8 of 286, Section General Criteria for Economic Evaluation	SMR	*	2017	Lifetime		25		year
IEA-GHG-2017	Page 236 of 286, Sheet 99 of 112, Section 8.3.2	SMR	*	2017	OCF		95		percent
IEA-GHG-2017	Page 13 of 286, Section Plant Performance	SMR	*	2017	Total Output Capacity|Hydrogen		100000		cubic_meter_H2_norm/hour
IEA-GHG-2017	Page 278 of 286, Sheet 111 of 112, Annex III, Base Case (no capture)	SMR	0.00%	2017	CAPEX	Output Capacity|Hydrogen	222886722		EUR_2014	100000	cubic_meter_H2_norm/hour
IEA-GHG-2017	Page 16 of 286, Section Plant Performance, Table 2: Plant Performance Summary, Base Case (no capture)	SMR	0.00%	2017	Capture Rate		0		percent
IEA-GHG-2017	Page 16 of 286, Section Plant Performance, Table 2: Plant Performance Summary, Base Case (no capture)	SMR	0.00%	2017	Input|Natural Gas	Output|Hydrogen	14.212		MJ_NG_LHV	1	cubic_meter_H2_norm
IEA-GHG-2017	Page 18 of 286, Section Operating Cost, Table 4: Operating Cost of SMR Based H2 Plant, Base Case (no capture)	SMR	0.00%	2017	OPEX Fixed	Output Capacity|Hydrogen	7545514		EUR_2014/year	100000	cubic_meter_H2_norm/hour
IEA-GHG-2017	Page 18 of 286, Section Operating Cost, Table 4: Operating Cost of SMR Based H2 Plant, Base Case (no capture)	SMR	0.00%	2017	OPEX Variable	Output|Hydrogen	519365		EUR_2014	95000	cubic_meter_H2_norm/hour*year	Annual production is 95 % of one year times 100,000 Nm³/h. Variable costs exclude feedstock and fuel costs.
IEA-GHG-2017	Page 16 of 286, Section Plant Performance, Table 2: Plant Performance Summary, Base Case (no capture)	SMR	0.00%	2017	Output|Electricity	Output|Hydrogen	9.918		MWh	100000	cubic_meter_H2_norm
IEA-GHG-2017	Page 278 of 286, Sheet 111 of 112, Annex III, Case 1A (CO2 Capture from Shifted Syngas using MDEA)	SMR	55.70%	2017	CAPEX	Output Capacity|Hydrogen	263906811		EUR_2014	100000	cubic_meter_H2_norm/hour
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