Title

Emission-Free Fuel Reformers For Mobile And Portable Fuel Cell Applications

Keywords

CO emissions 2; Fuel cell; Fuel reformer; Hydrocarbon; Hydrogen

Abstract

Conventional fuel reformers are complex, multi-component devices which produce large amounts of CO2 emissions. The main objective of this work is to develop an efficient, compact and emission-free fuel reformer for mobile and portable fuel cell (FC) applications. The concept is based on single-stage catalytic pyrolysis of hydrocarbon fuels into hydrogen-rich gas and carbon products. This approach allows to eliminate the production of carbon oxides (CO and CO2) and, consequently, the need for the water-gas shift (WGS) and gas separation stages which significantly simplifies the process. The paper presents the experimental results of CO2-free production of hydrogen-rich gas via catalytic pyrolysis of hydrocarbon fuels (propane, methane and gasoline). The perspectives of CO2-free fuel reformers for mobile and portable fuel cell applications are discussed in this paper. © 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

5-25-2003

Publication Title

Journal of Power Sources

Volume

118

Issue

1-2

Number of Pages

320-324

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-7753(03)00078-8

Socpus ID

0038243608 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0038243608

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