Reproduced by the permission of ECS – The Electrochemical Society leakages to fuel system will retain the anode in oxidized state. Moreover, some performance loss was measured when the stack was heated to 400 C before fuel supply was started. Therefore, it is recommended that the supply of hydrogen-rich reducing gas is started already below 350 C, or as low temperature as possible, to prevent o...

Abstract. In PEM fuel cells pure hydrogen is used as a fuel. Due to its low density, the density of its stored energy is low, too. One of the possible solutions to the problem is production of hydrogen from the energy-reach material, e.g. methanol. Conversion of methanol to hydrogen is made with reformer in a steam reforming process in which besides methanol there is also water needed. On the o...

The use of a plasma reformer for the generation of hydrogen rich gas from diesel fuel has been investigated. A system that is normally used for investigating natural gas reforming has been modified in order to investigate the reforming of heavy liquid fuels. The composition of the reformate has been investigated as a function of the composition of the reagents. The use of a one-step reformer/wa...

In this paper, recent results of plasma processing of natural gas are described. The use of a plasma reformer for the generation of hydrogen rich gas from natural gas has been investigated. In an accompanying paper, progress in plasma reforming of diesel fuel is described. The reformate composition has been investigated as a function of the initial mixture of air and methane. High methane conve...

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ibn al-moqaffa, an iranian thinker and reformer lived in the era when people suffered from tyranny. he had well realized the root of people's problem which he attributed to the political regime. he was the one who believed that the progress of common men depends on the progress of nobles and their progress is not possible without their leader's progress. the society in those days was ...

The potential for efficient production of hydrogen-rich gas from hydrocarbon fuels using thermal plasmas has been investigated both analytically and experimentally. Thermodynamic analysis shows that the most efficient production of hydrogen from hydrocarbons can be achieved by partial oxidation (lambda = 0.25); at optimal conditions, the availability of the output fuel mixture is 83 percent of ...