CFD modeling of Plasmatron Methane Reformer

Plasmatron fuel converters have been investigated for the conversion of a wide range of fuels. This is a paper of a series of papers describing an effort to investigate experimentally and computationally plasmatron methane reformers. This paper describes the fluid dynamics modeling of the plasmatron methane reformer, with the hope of understanding air/methane mixture and mixing rates in the region where the plasma is located. The modeling includes fluid dynamic effects, without chemistry.