A functionalized silicon micromonolith of 7 mm in diameter and 210 μm-thick was evaluated for the production hydrogen from steam reforming (SR) various fuels, containing different functional groups, such as ethanol, acetic acid, 2-propanol, acetone, 2-methoxyethanol. The consisted 2 million regular channels 3.3 μm diameter, which were coated with a 100-nm RhPd/CeO2 catalytic layer. activity tes...

Plasmatron fuel converters have been investigated for the conversion of a wide range of fuels. This paper is one of a series of paper investigating the performance of plasmatron reformers. In this paper a systematic experimental investigation is carried out of the reformation of propane in a plasmatron fuel reformer. The effect upon reformation of flow rate distribution and electrical power lev...

T he “reformer” is defined as an individual or group who consciously or unconsciously changed the structure or ideology of any facet of the medical profession, significantly affecting the life and health of our society. The reformers who were selected throughout the history of medicine were usually talented persons who introduced innovation in medical research or medical philosophy. Their disco...

Thermal plasma reforming offers advantages in hydrocarbon reforming especially in small to medium scale plants and in plants with fast transients. The combination of a thermal plasma reformer operating with partial oxidation with a catalyst bed will be described. Reduced concentrations of CO (1-3% vol) can be achieved, with high hydrogen yields and minimal plasmatron electrical power requiremen...

A great reformer has passed on. Clifford Whittingham Beers died on July 9th, 1943, at Providence, U.S.A., but his fine enthusiastic and farseeing spirit has left behind it work which persists and grows. At a time when such ideas as his were regarded as almost too progressive, and, in some quarters indeed, as subversive and revolutionary, he, a recovered patient, demonstrated the value of indivi...

Homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion is spontaneous multi-site combustion of a nominally premixed air/fuel mixture that exhibits high rate of pressure rise and short combustion duration. To avoid excessive pressure rise rate and knocking, HCCI engines are fueled with highly diluted mixture using a combination of excess air and/or EGR. HCCI combustion is attractive due to ...

Manufacturing industry has witnessed a gradual transition from being a heuristic-driven labor-intensive set of processes to a sophisticated set of automation and model-driven processes where each operation unit in the production chain is automatically controlled and operated at a preset optimum regime. While incremental improvements in overall manufacturing efficiency have been steered by advan...

Low-temperature gasification of black liquor is a new alternative to the conventional Tomlinson recovery boiler for recovering pulping chemicals and energy from black liquor in pulp and paper mills. This process can be carried out in a fluidized bed based on steam reforming at 600 C using indirect heat supplied via heat exchangers built into the fluid bed. As black liquor is injected into the b...