Hydrogen (H₂) is currently receiving significant attention as a sustainable energy carrier. Steam methane reforming (SMR) accounts for approximately 50% of H₂ production methods worldwide. However, SMR is concern because of the prodigious carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions that have resulted in a global climate emergency. CO₂ emissions remain, although some efforts have been made in a membrane reactor (MR) coupled with membranes to improve the H₂ yield. A sorption-enhanced membrane reactor (SEMR) has been proposed as a next-generation process for simultaneous H₂ production and CO₂ capture. In this study, the thermodynamic and economic evaluation of SEMR were implemented using a process simulation, an itemized cost estimation, a sensitivity analysis (SA), and an uncertainty analysis (UA). The thermodynamic analysis results revealed that unit H₂ production costs of 4.53, 1.98, and 3.04 $ kgH₂⁻¹ were obtained at 773 K for a conventional packed-bed reactor (PBR), a MR, and a SEMR, respectively. The SA results identified PSA as the most critical economic parameter for a unit H₂ production cost for a PBR, whereas natural gas is determined to be the most influential parameter for a MR and a SEMR. The UA results from a Monte-Carlo simulation provided a broad range of unit H₂ production costs, with 4.26–5.44 $ kgH₂⁻¹ for a PBR, 1.61–2.94 $ kgH₂⁻¹ for a MR, and 2.83–4.19 $ kgH₂⁻¹ for an SEMR. This indicates that using a SEMR for next-generation H₂ production and CO₂ capture is beneficial.

氢（H ₂）目前作为一种可持续能源载体受到了极大的关注。蒸汽甲烷重整 (SMR) 约占全球H ₂生产方法的50% 。然而，由于导致全球气候紧急情况的大量二氧化碳 (CO ₂ ) 排放，SMR 令人担忧。CO ₂排放仍然存在，尽管已经在与膜结合的膜反应器(MR)中做出了一些努力以提高H ₂产率。吸附增强膜反应器 (SEMR) 已被提议作为同时生产H ₂和 CO ₂的下一代工艺捕获。在这项研究中，SEMR 的热力学和经济评估是使用过程模拟、逐项成本估算、敏感性分析 (SA) 和不确定性分析 (UA) 来实施的。热力学分析结果显示，对于常规填充床反应器 (PBR)、MR 和 SEMR，在 773 K 下获得的单元 H ₂生产成本分别为 4.53、1.98 和 3.04 $ kgH ₂ ^-1。SA 结果将 PSA 确定为 PBR的单位 H ₂生产成本的最关键经济参数，而天然气被确定为对 MR 和 SEMR 影响最大的参数。Monte-Carlo 模拟的 UA 结果提供了广泛的单元 H ₂生产成本，具有4.26-5.44 $ KGH ₂ ^-1的PBR，1.61-2.94 $ KGH ₂ ^-1的MR和2.83-4.19 $ KGH ₂ ^-1为SEMR。这表明使用SEMR 进行下一代H ₂生产和CO ₂捕获是有益的。