A fuel processor is a critical component for the deployment of PEM-based fuel cells for both portable and stationary applications. The fuel processor produces hydrogen rich streams from hydrocarbon-based feedstocks in a multi-step process. Conventional fuel processing technology is based on fixed-bed reactors, which do not scale well with the small modular nature of fuel cells. Microchannel reactor-based fuel processors, however, are small, efficient, modular, lightweight and potentially inexpensive. One step of the multi-component fuel processor, the fuel vaporizer, was developed and demonstrated at both a bench and full-scale size for an automotive application using a microchannel chemical reactor.
Revised: January 10, 2020 |
Published: March 12, 1998
Citation
Tonkovich A.Y., D.M. Jimenez, J.L. Zilka, M.J. Lamont, Y. Wang, and R.S. Wegeng. 1998.Microchannel Chemical Reactors for Fuel Processing. In Process Miniaturization: 2nd International Conference on Microreaction Technology (IMRET 2), edited by W. Ehrfeld, IH Rinard and RS Wegeng, 186-195. New York, New York:AIChE.PNNL-SA-29747.