Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka hydrogen i ke kila, metallurgy, ʻoihana kemika, lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻoihana māmā, nā mea kūkulu hale, nā uila a me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka ʻenehana hoʻololi Methanol e hana i ka hydrogen ka maikaʻi o ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, ʻaʻohe haumia, a me ka hana maʻalahi. Ua hoʻohana nui ʻia i nā ʻano mea kanu hydrogen maʻemaʻe.
E hoʻohui i ka methanol a me ka wai i kekahi ʻāpana, kaomi, wela, hoʻohu a hoʻomāhuahua i ka mea i hui ʻia a hiki i kahi mahana a me ke kaomi, a laila ma ke alo o ka catalyst, ka methanol cracking reaction a me CO hoʻololi ʻana e hana i ka manawa like, a hana i kahi hui kinoea me H2, CO2 a me kahi wahi liʻiliʻi o ke koena CO.
ʻO ke kaʻina holoʻokoʻa he kaʻina endothermic. Hāʻawi ʻia ka wela e pono ai no ka pane ʻana ma o ke kaʻa ʻana o ka ʻaila conduction wela.
No ka mālama ʻana i ka ikehu wela, ʻo ke kinoea hui ʻia i hana ʻia i loko o ka reactor e hoʻololi i ka wela me ka wai hui ʻia, a laila condenses, a holoi ʻia i loko o ka hale hoʻomaʻemaʻe. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka wai hui ʻia mai ka condensation a me ka holoi ʻana i ka hale kiaʻi hoʻomaʻemaʻe. ʻO ka hui ʻana o kēia wai hui ʻia ka wai a me ka methanol. Hoʻihoʻi ʻia ia i ka pahu waiwai maka no ka hana hou ʻana. Hoʻouna ʻia ke kinoea pohā kūpono i ka ʻāpana PSA.