TY - GEN
T1 - Producing hydrogen from jet-a fuel in a reactor with integrated autothermal reforming and water-gas shift
AU - Zhang, Shuyang
AU - Wang, Xiaoxin
AU - Li, Peiwen
AU - Xu, Xinhai
N1 - Funding Information:
Grateful acknowledgment is given to the support from the ONR of the USA (Grant #N00014-09-1-0695).
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2017 ASME.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Jet fuel is used to produce hydrogen on board of vehicles through integrated reactions of autothermal reforming (ATR) and water-gas shift (WGS). One of the most attractive benefits of autothermal reforming of hydrocarbon fuels is the possibility of self-sustainability of the reaction if the process is carefully managed and designed. In this work, an integrated fuel processor, including a mixing zone, an ATR reactor, a WGS reactor and two recuperators was fabricated and the hydrogen production performance (using Jet fuel) was tested and studied. Analysis of the energy in reactions and heat transfer area in the heat recuperator was carried out in order to obtain some insights on the optimal design and operating conditions. The previous experimental results regarding the reformate compositions and fuel conversion efficiency were used to evaluate some of the parameters described in the energy analysis model. The predicted results show that the overall process heat was negative (exchanging heat larger than preheating heat) under most of the previous experimental conditions, indicating the potential of self-sustainability of reaction in the fuel processor.
AB - Jet fuel is used to produce hydrogen on board of vehicles through integrated reactions of autothermal reforming (ATR) and water-gas shift (WGS). One of the most attractive benefits of autothermal reforming of hydrocarbon fuels is the possibility of self-sustainability of the reaction if the process is carefully managed and designed. In this work, an integrated fuel processor, including a mixing zone, an ATR reactor, a WGS reactor and two recuperators was fabricated and the hydrogen production performance (using Jet fuel) was tested and studied. Analysis of the energy in reactions and heat transfer area in the heat recuperator was carried out in order to obtain some insights on the optimal design and operating conditions. The previous experimental results regarding the reformate compositions and fuel conversion efficiency were used to evaluate some of the parameters described in the energy analysis model. The predicted results show that the overall process heat was negative (exchanging heat larger than preheating heat) under most of the previous experimental conditions, indicating the potential of self-sustainability of reaction in the fuel processor.
KW - Autothermal reforming
KW - Heat transfer
KW - Hydrogen production
KW - Water-gas shift
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U2 - 10.1115/FUELCELL2017-3225
DO - 10.1115/FUELCELL2017-3225
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85029441934
T3 - ASME 2017 15th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, FUELCELL 2017, collocated with the ASME 2017 Power Conference Joint with ICOPE 2017, the ASME 2017 11th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, and the ASME 2017 Nuclear Forum
BT - ASME 2017 15th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, FUELCELL 2017, collocated with the ASME 2017 Power Conference Joint with ICOPE 2017, the ASME 2017 11th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, and the ASME 2017 Nuclear Forum
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
T2 - ASME 2017 15th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, FUELCELL 2017, collocated with the ASME 2017 Power Conference Joint with ICOPE 2017, the ASME 2017 11th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, and the ASME 2017 Nuclear Forum
Y2 - 26 June 2017 through 30 June 2017
ER -