Experimental study on the performance of hydrogen production from miniature methanol–steam reformer integrated with Swiss-roll type combustor for PEMFC

Rei-Yu Chein, Yen-Cho Chen, Che-Ming Chang and J.N. Chung

Applied Energy, 2013, vol. 105, issue C, 86-98

Abstract: A miniature plate-type hydrogen production reactor using methanol as fuel was designed and tested. This reactor is composed of a catalytic combustor, vaporizer, reformer, and methanator. All components were fabricated on one piece of rectangular quartz glass plate 50mm×44mm×7mm in size. The combustor was fabricated on one side of the glass plate with a Swiss-roll type channel in which the Pt/Al2O3 particles were loaded in segmented form to catalyze the combustion. A spiral channel was fabricated on the other side of the plate and divided into three sections: a vaporizer for liquid methanol–water mixture vaporization, a reformer for methanol–steam reforming catalyzed by CuO/ZnO/Al2O3 particles and a methanator for carbon monoxide (CO) removal catalyzed by Ru/Al2O3 particles.

Keywords: Plate-type hydrogen production reactor; Methanol–air combustion; Methanol–steam reforming; Carbon monoxide methanation; Methanol conversion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.12.040

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