A review on microcombustion: Fundamentals, devices and applications

NS Kaisare, DG Vlachos - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Microcombustion research has flourished over the past decade. Yet, most of the commercial
potential of microcombustion is still to come. Aside from portable electronics, emerging …

A review of recent advances in numerical simulations of microscale fuel processor for hydrogen production

JD Holladay, Y Wang - Journal of Power Sources, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Microscale (< 5 W) reformers for hydrogen production have been investigated for
over a decade. These devices are intended to provide hydrogen for small fuel cells. Due to …

Low-cost small scale processing technologies for production applications in various environments—Mass produced factories

C Bramsiepe, S Sievers, T Seifert, GD Stefanidis… - … and Processing: Process …, 2012 - Elsevier
The requirements for chemical and food production technologies will change in the future as
a result of shorter time to market and increasing market volatility. Especially the rising use of …

Numerical study of methane steam reforming and methane combustion over the segmented and continuously coated layers of catalysts in a plate reactor

M Mundhwa, CP Thurgood - Fuel Processing Technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Four separate 2D steady state numerical models are developed for a catalytic plate reactor
(CPR), designed with the four different configurations between segmented and continuously …

Methane steam reforming thermally coupled with catalytic combustion in catalytic microreactors for hydrogen production

J Chen, L Yan, W Song, D Xu - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Growing interest in small-scale, portable energy devices has necessitated the development
of micro-scale fuel processing systems. Steam reforming of methane coupled with methane …

Metal foam-supported Pd–Rh catalyst for steam methane reforming and its application to SOFC fuel processing

PS Roy, NK Park, K Kim - International journal of hydrogen energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Pd–Rh/metal foam catalyst was studied for steam methane reforming and application to
SOFC fuel processing. Performance of 0.068 wt% Pd–Rh/metal foam catalyst was compared …

Homogeneous combustion of fuel-lean H2/O2/N2 mixtures over platinum at elevated pressures and preheats

Y Ghermay, J Mantzaras, R Bombach… - Combustion and …, 2011 - Elsevier
The gas-phase combustion of H2/O2/N2 mixtures over platinum was investigated
experimentally and numerically at fuel-lean equivalence ratios up to 0.30, pressures up to …

An experimental and numerical investigation of the combustion and heat transfer characteristics of hydrogen-fueled catalytic microreactors

R Sui, NI Prasianakis, J Mantzaras, N Mallya… - Chemical Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
The combustion and heat transfer characteristics of a hydrogen-fueled microreactor are
investigated experimentally and numerically. The microreactor comprises a 30× 30× 4 mm 3 …

Kinetic interactions between hydrogen and carbon monoxide oxidation over platinum

X Zheng, J Mantzaras, R Bombach - Combustion and Flame, 2014 - Elsevier
The heterogeneous chemistry coupling of H 2 and CO over platinum was investigated
experimentally and numerically for H 2/CO/O 2/N 2 mixtures with overall lean equivalence …

Numerical analysis on steam methane reforming in a plate microchannel reactor: Effect of washcoat properties

C Cao, N Zhang, Y Cheng - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The effect of washcoat properties is theoretically investigated for steam methane reforming
(SMR) in a plate microchannel reactor. Transport phenomena and reaction within the …