A fuel processor is a critical element for the deployment of automative fuel cell power systems. One component of the fuel processor, the compact gasoline vaporizer, was demonstrated at full-scale using commercial-grade gasoline. The full-scale process volume was less than 0.3 liters; it vaporized nearly 300mL/min of gasoline, which is sufficient to support a 50-k W e fuel cell. The reduction in hardware volume was made possible using a microchannel reactor-based designed; the compact process hardware is roughly an order of magnitude smaller than conventional technology.
Revised: September 23, 2002 |
Published: May 1, 2000
Citation
Tonkovich A.Y., S.P. Fitzgerald, J.L. Zilka, M.J. Lamont, Y. Wang, D.P. VanderWiel, and R.S. Wegeng. 2000.Microchannel Chemical Reactors for Fuel Processing Applications. II. Compact Fuel Vaporization. In Microreaction technology : industrial prospects : IMRET 3 : proceedings of the Third International Conference on Microreaction Technology, edited by Wolfgang Ehrfeld, 364-371. New York, New York:Springer. PNNL-SA-31176-A.