Self-sustained operation and durability testing of a 300 W-class micro-structured LPG fuel processor

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 3496-3504

  Wichert, Martin ^a   Men, Yong ^a   O'connell, Martin ^a   Tiemann, David ^a   Zapf, Ralf ^a   Kolb, Gunther ^a   Butschek, Sven ^b   Frank, Reinhard ^b   Schiegl, Andreas ^b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH   (Germany)

^b Truma Gerätetechnik GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fuel processor; Hydrogen production; LPG steam reforming; Micro structured reactor

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC BURNERS; DURABILITY TESTING; FUEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; FUEL PROCESSORS; HIGH RELIABILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE PEM; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION RATE; HYDROGEN SUPPLY; LOW POWER APPLICATION; LPG STEAM REFORMING; MICRO-STRUCTURED REACTOR; PERFORMANCE DATA; START-UPS; SUSTAINED OPERATIONS; WATER-GAS SHIFTS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYTIC REFORMING; DURABILITY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); STEAM; STEAM ENGINEERING;

STEAM REFORMING;

EID: 79952248192     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.12.045     Document Type: Article

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