Hydrogen generators using fuel processing technologies

2007 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Processing ◽  
Processing Technologies

Butanol reforming: an overview on recent developments and future aspects

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brajesh Kumar ◽  
Shashi Kumar ◽  
Surendra Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Processing ◽  
Sugar Beets ◽  
Processing Technologies ◽  
Energy Needs ◽  
The Future ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Experimental And Theoretical Studies ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Reforming Reactions

AbstractRecently, hydrogen is utilized by numerous chemical industries as an alternate over non-renewable fuels, and surely it will be considered as an important fuel in the near future. This paper reports a review of various reforming technologies for hydrogen production from butanol produced by fermentation of feedstocks like wheat, sugar beets, sugar cane, etc. with a number of aspects involving selection of an appropriate catalyst to suppress undesirable products as many reforming reactions are dependent on the catalyst properties to enhance the formation of significant fuels which may fulfill the future energy needs. An overview of butanol reforming processes with experimental and theoretical studies in order to grasp possibilities and restrictions of these processes is not comprehensively presented yet. In this paper, an assessment of published articles in brief related to essential parameters to carry out a pertinent research in the future is presented for the advancement of fuel processing technologies.

Structured Catalysts for Autothermal Reforming of Hydrocarbon Fuels

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-M. Bae ◽  
S. Ahmed ◽  
R. Kumar ◽  
E. Doss
Keyword(s):  
National Laboratory ◽  
Argonne National Laboratory ◽  
Diffusion Resistance ◽  
Fuel Processing ◽  
Processing Technologies ◽  
Structured Catalysts ◽  
Reforming Catalysts ◽  
Fold Reduction ◽  
Hydrocarbon Reforming ◽  
Similar Product

Argonne national laboratory has been developing fuel processing technologies for fuel cell based electric power. We have reported the development of novel catalysts that are active and selective for hydrocarbon reforming reactions. It has been realized, however, that with pellet or conventional honeycomb catalysts, the reforming process is mass transport limited. This paper reports the development of catalyst structures with microchannels that are able to reduce the diffusion resistance and thereby achieve the same production rate within a smaller reactor bed. These microchannel reforming catalysts were prepared and tested with natural gas and gasoline-type fuels in a microreactor (1-cm dia.) at space velocities of up to 250,000 per hour. These catalysts have also been used in engineering-scale reactors (10 kWe, 7-cm dia.) with similar product qualities. Compared to pellet catalysts, the microchannel catalysts enable a nearly 5-fold reduction in catalyst weight and volume.

scholarly journals Introspection of Alternative Aviation Fuel Processing Technology: Benchmarks and Challenges

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 3275-3280
Keyword(s):  
Jet Fuel ◽  
Aviation Fuel ◽  
Aviation Industry ◽  
Jet Fuels ◽  
Fuel Processing ◽  
Processing Technologies ◽  
High Dependency ◽  
Alternative Aviation Fuels ◽  
Ecological Problems ◽  
Production Technologies

Aviation industry is one of the main contributors and fastest-growing sectors in the world economy. Fuel consumption from this industry is one of the major issues that have drawn the attention of both professionals and researchers in recent years. The high dependency along with the high consumption of aviation fuel on petroleum plays a crucial role in environmental degradation due to increased carbon dioxide and other emissions, as well as in the increasing rate of fossil fuel depletion. Therefore, various potential technologies have been developed and further investigated to produce alternative aviation fuels, especially biofuels. In this article, principles, sustainability, and main concerns of different alternative aviation fuel processing technologies, with some focus on biofuels, are discussed in challenges and possible remedies. The major ecological problems connected with the application of conventional jet fuels in contrast to The advantages of biofuels implementation in the aviation industry are also highlighted. This work is aimed to show the state of the art of current alternative aviation fuels, their production technologies, and the potentiality of replacing the conventional jet fuel.

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