Reducing Impacts
From all three reactions mentioned on stem reforming caused a negative environmental impact. Sadly there was no reaction I could find to directly combat the effects of the by-product carbon dioxide, no
reaction revealed how to turn it into a different nontoxic compound that did not belong to the greenhouse gasses family. However while I may not have been able to find a chemical reaction that directly aided in combating the situation I did manage to find a reaction which indirectly combated the carbon dioxide. This reaction is a combustion reaction which happens to be used to attain more hydrogen from the monoxide by-product from a steam reforming reaction. The chemical equation for this reaction is CO +
H2O → CO2 + H2.this helps to reduce the effect of carbon dioxide by providing more hydrogen fuel and thus allowing for less consumption of fossil fuels which create carbon dioxide emissions.
reaction revealed how to turn it into a different nontoxic compound that did not belong to the greenhouse gasses family. However while I may not have been able to find a chemical reaction that directly aided in combating the situation I did manage to find a reaction which indirectly combated the carbon dioxide. This reaction is a combustion reaction which happens to be used to attain more hydrogen from the monoxide by-product from a steam reforming reaction. The chemical equation for this reaction is CO +
H2O → CO2 + H2.this helps to reduce the effect of carbon dioxide by providing more hydrogen fuel and thus allowing for less consumption of fossil fuels which create carbon dioxide emissions.