PSFC/JA-05-12 Plasma Assisted Reforming of Methane: Two Stage Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR) Simulation
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Plasmatron fuel converters have been investigated for the conversion of a wide range of fuels. This paper is one of a series describing an experimental and computational study of plasmatron methane reformers. A simple model using a two step process has been proposed for investigating homogeneous reformation of methane using partial oxidation reactions. In the first step, a fraction of the fuel is combusted, while during the second the rest of the fuel is reformed. The purpose of the simple model is to provide limited understanding of uncatalyzed methane reformation using plasma fuel reformers. The implications of kinetic rates, as well as mixing rates, are explored. This paper describes model and results of simple two step process, used to provide guidance to experiments as well as more sophisticated calculations in an accompanying papers. Comparison with experimental results with a plasmatron methane reformer are also presented.
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