TY - GEN
T1 - Hydrogen production via catalytic autothermal reforming of desulfurized Jet-A fuel
AU - Zhang, Shuyang
AU - Wang, Xiaoxin
AU - Li, Peiwen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - On-board hydrogen production via catalytic autothermal reforming is beneficial to vehicles using fuel cells because it eliminates the challenges of hydrogen storage. As the primary fuel for both civilian and military air flight application, Jet-A fuel (after desulfurization) was reformed for making hydrogenrich fuels in this study using an in-house-made Rh/NiO/K-La-Ce-Al-OX AT R catalyst under various operating conditions. Based on the preliminary thermodynamic analysis of reaction equilibrium, important parameters such as ratios of H2O/C and O2/C were selected, in the range of 1.1-2.5 and 0.5-1.0, respectively. The optimal operating conditions were experimentally obtained at the reactor's temperature of 696.2 °C, which gave H2O/C = 2.5 and O2/C = 0.5, and the obtained fuel conversion percentage, hydrogen yield (can be large than 1 from definition), and energy efficiency were 88.66%, 143.84%, and 64.74%, respectively. In addition, a discussion of the concentration variation of CO and CO2 at different H2O/C, as well as the analysis of fuel conversion profile, leads to the finding of effective approaches for suppression of coke formation.
AB - On-board hydrogen production via catalytic autothermal reforming is beneficial to vehicles using fuel cells because it eliminates the challenges of hydrogen storage. As the primary fuel for both civilian and military air flight application, Jet-A fuel (after desulfurization) was reformed for making hydrogenrich fuels in this study using an in-house-made Rh/NiO/K-La-Ce-Al-OX AT R catalyst under various operating conditions. Based on the preliminary thermodynamic analysis of reaction equilibrium, important parameters such as ratios of H2O/C and O2/C were selected, in the range of 1.1-2.5 and 0.5-1.0, respectively. The optimal operating conditions were experimentally obtained at the reactor's temperature of 696.2 °C, which gave H2O/C = 2.5 and O2/C = 0.5, and the obtained fuel conversion percentage, hydrogen yield (can be large than 1 from definition), and energy efficiency were 88.66%, 143.84%, and 64.74%, respectively. In addition, a discussion of the concentration variation of CO and CO2 at different H2O/C, as well as the analysis of fuel conversion profile, leads to the finding of effective approaches for suppression of coke formation.
KW - ATR reaction
KW - Autothermal reforming
KW - Desulfurized Jet-A fuel
KW - Hydrogen production
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U2 - 10.1115/ES2016-59095
DO - 10.1115/ES2016-59095
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85002033481
T3 - ASME 2016 10th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2016, collocated with the ASME 2016 Power Conference and the ASME 2016 14th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology
BT - Biofuels, Hydrogen, Syngas, and Alternate Fuels; CHP and Hybrid Power and Energy Systems; Concentrating Solar Power; Energy Storage; Environmental, Economic, and Policy Considerations of Advanced Energy Systems; Geothermal, Ocean, and Emerging Energy Technologies; Photovoltaics; Posters; Solar Chemistry; Sustainable Building Energy Systems; Sustainable Infrastructure and Transportation; Thermodynamic Analysis of Energy Systems; Wind Energy Systems and Technologies
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
T2 - ASME 2016 10th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2016, collocated with the ASME 2016 Power Conference and the ASME 2016 14th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology
Y2 - 26 June 2016 through 30 June 2016
ER -