Numerical analysis of helium-heated methane steam reformer

One of the most promising between many high temperature nuclear reactors applications is to produce hydrogen with heat gained. The simplest and the best examined method is steam reforming of methane. The fabricated hydrogen has wide range of use, for example can be electrochemically oxidized in fuel...

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Published inJournal of physics. Conference series Vol. 745; no. 3; pp. 32081 - 32088
Main Authors Mozdzierz, M, Brus, G, Kimijima, S, Szmyd, J S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.09.2016
Subjects
Fuel cells
Helium
High temperature nuclear reactors
Methane
Nuclear fuels
Nuclear reactors
Numerical analysis
Physics
Reforming
Temperature distribution
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Summary:One of the most promising between many high temperature nuclear reactors applications is to produce hydrogen with heat gained. The simplest and the best examined method is steam reforming of methane. The fabricated hydrogen has wide range of use, for example can be electrochemically oxidized in fuel cells. However, heat management inside methane steam reformer is extremely important because huge temperature gradients can cause catalyst deactivation. In this work the analysis of temperature field inside helium-heated methane steam reformer is presented. The optimal system working conditions with respect to methane conversion rate are proposed.
ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/745/3/032081