Design and operation of a compact microchannel 5 kWel,net methanol steam reformer with novel Pt/In2O3 catalyst for fuel cell applications

被引：41

作者：

Kolb, Gunther ^{[1
]}

Keller, Steffen ^{[1
]}

Tiemann, David ^{[1
]}

Schelhaas, Karl-Peter ^{[1
]}

Schuerer, Jochen ^{[1
]}

Wiborg, Ole ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Inst Mikrotech Mainz GmbH, D-55129 Mainz, Germany

来源：

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL | 2012年 / 207卷

关键词：

Microreactor; Fuel processing; Methanol; Catalyst; SELECTIVE OXIDATION REACTOR; PLATE-FIN REFORMER; HYDROGEN-PRODUCTION; PROCESSOR; MICROREACTOR; PERFORMANCE; COMBUSTION; GENERATION; SYSTEMS; PD/ZNO;

D O I：

10.1016/j.cej.2012.06.141

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

A methanol reformer was designed, built and tested, which allows hydrogen production for high temperature PEM fuel cells for mobile applications applying micro-structured plate heat-exchanger technology and a novel, highly active catalyst formulation for oxidative steam reforming of methanol at temperatures exceeding 300 degrees C. It is one of the first micro-structured methanol reformers with integrated anode off-gas combustion, which works in the kW scale. The reformer was operated under conditions of start-up, steady state and under dynamic conditions, in connection with a 1 kW high temperature PEM fuel cell and finally integrated into a fuel processor, which contained an external evaporator and a heat-exchanger for super-heating the reformer feed. The thermal power of the hydrogen produced by the reformer amounted to 20 kW(thermal), which corresponds to 6.5 kW(el) of a fuel cell at 40% efficiency and 80% hydrogen utilization. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：388 / 402

页数：15

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