Efficient hydrogen production from methanol steam reforming is carried out in a heat-insulated warm plasma-catalytic (WPC) reactor. Methanol steam reforming in warm plasma and warm plasma-catalytic cases is investigated. For warm plasma alone, methanol mainly converts via pyrolysis reaction and its conversion linearly increases with specific energy input (SEI). The arc channel temperature and electron density of warm plasma are respectively measured to be around 2500 K and 3 × 10¹⁴ cm⁻³, based on optical emission spectra. To take advantage of energy from plasma, Fe-Cu/γ-Al₂O₃ catalyst for methanol steam reforming and water gas shift is placed after the warm plasma. Compare with plasma alone, methanol conversion in WPC case is nearly double therefore the energy cost decreases from 1.71 kW h/Nm³ to 0.85 kW h/Nm³. Energy efficiency of 84% and H₂ selectivity of 98% with methanol conversion of 94% are achieved in this warm plasma-catalytic reactor.

由甲醇蒸汽重整产生的高效氢气是在隔热的等离子催化（WPC）反应器中进行的。研究了热等离子体和热等离子体催化情况下的甲醇蒸汽重整。仅对于温暖的等离子体，甲醇主要通过热解反应转化，并且其转化率随比能量输入（SEI）线性增加。基于发射光谱，测得的温暖等离子体的电弧通道温度和电子密度分别约为2500 K和3×10 ¹⁴  cm ^-3。为了利用能量从等离子，铁-铜/γ-Al系₂ ö ₃将甲醇蒸汽重整和水煤气变换用的催化剂放在温暖的等离子之后。与仅血浆相比，WPC情况下的甲醇转化率几乎提高了一倍，因此能源成本从1.71 kW h / Nm ^3降低到0.85 kW h / Nm ³。在该温暖的等离子体催化反应器中，实现了84％的能效和98％的H ₂选择性以及94％的甲醇转化率。