Catalytic autothermal reforming

McDermott has operated non-catalytic POX reformers as large as 35 kWe and catalytic autothermal reformers as large as 30 kWe, the latter on high-sulfur marine diesel. McDermott has over 1,000 hours experience utilizing a POX reactor and about 400 hours on the autothermal unit. The longest continuous run of the autothermal reformer has been 175 hours (30,31). 

An experimental study by Lee et al. [72] reported the development and testing of a natural gas fuel processor, which incorporates a catalytic autothermal reformer, a sulfur trap and a WGS reactor. The fuel processor was successfully run over 2300 h of continuous operation. The ATR reactor gave over 40% H2 (dry basis) in the ATR reformate and 96-99.9% methane conversion over the entire test duration. 

Ayabe, S., Omoto, H., Utaka, T., Kikuchi, R., Sasaki, K., Teraoka, Y., Eguchi, K. (2003). Catalytic autothermal reforming of methane and propane over supported metal catalysts. Appl. Catalysis A General 241, 261-269. 

T. Krause, J. Kopasz, C. Rossignol, J. D. Carter, and Michael Krumpelt, Catalytic Autothermal Reforming of Hydrocarbon Fuels for Fuel Cell Systems, 224 American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 18-22, 2002. 

M.Krumpelt et al. Catalytic Autothermal Reforming for Fuel Cell Systems , Proceed, of 2000 Fuel Cell Seminar, 2000, p. 542-546. 

The reforming temperature, which is some 100-150°C higher for catalytic autothermal reforming as compared to endothermal reforming in a tubular reactor, leads to a more favourable CO/CO2 ratio and a lower residual CH4 content in... 

The catalysts used for catalytic autothermal reforming contain some 10-14 % nickel. As a carrier material, pure aluminium oxide proved to be suitable... 

Cheekatamarla PK, Lane AM (2005) Catalytic autothermal reforming of diesel fuel for hydrogen generation in fuel cells I. Activity tests and sulfur poisoning. J Power Sources 152 256-263... 

Ciambelli P, Palma V, Palo E, Sannino D (2005) Hydrogen production via catalytic autothermal reforming of methane. In Proceedings of 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering , Glasgow (Scotland) July 10-14, p 225... 

It is under development for various fuels such as methanol, ethanol, LPG and gasoline. The complete fuel processor was composed of a catalytic autothermal reformer reactor, a heat exchanger for cooling the reformate downstream of the CAR,... 

Flylzani-Stephanopoulos, M. and Voecks, G.E. (1981) Catalytic autothermal reforming increases fuel cell flexibility. Energy Progress. 1 (1-4), 52-58. 

SRM based on MSRs has acquired an increasing interest due to system compactness with portable apphcations for fuel cells, which could be apphed on auxiliary power imits (APUs). Moreover, catalytic autothermal reforming of methanol has also been considered since it offers some advantages over endothermic steam reforming and exothermic partial oxidation [67]. 

Hence, catalytic autothermal reforming offers an alternative to tubular reforming when cheap oxygen is available. 

From natural gas and light hydrocarbons by steam reforming, catalytic autothermal reforming, or partial oxidation. 

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