Performance assessment of a spiral methanol to hydrogen fuel processor for fuel cell applications

作     者：Foad Mehri Majid Taghizadeh Foad Mehri;Majid Taghizadeh

作者机构：Chemical Engineering DepartmentBabol University of TechnologyP.O.Box 484*** BabolIran 

出 版 物：《Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry》 (天然气化学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第21卷第5期

页      面：526-533页

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学科分类：0808[工学-电气工程] 08[工学] 

基　　金：supported by the Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) 

主　　题：spiral fuel processor hydrogen fuel cell methanol steam reforming 

摘      要：A novel design of plate-type microchannel reactor has been developed for fuel cell-grade hydrogen *** Cu/Zn/Al2O3 was used as catalyst for the reforming reaction,and its effectiveness was evaluated on the mole fraction of products,methanol conversion,hydrogen yield and the amount of carbon monoxide under various operating ***,0.5 wt% Ru/Al2O3 as methanation catalyst was prepared by impregnation method and coupled with MSR step to evaluate the capability of methanol processor for CO *** on the experimental results,the optimum conditions were obtained as feed flow rate of 5mL/h and temperature of 250℃,leading to a low CO selectivity and high H2 *** designed reformer with catalyst coated layer was compared with the conventional packed bed reformer at the same operating *** constructed fuel processor had a good performance and excellent capability for on-board hydrogen production.