Integrated Micro Structured Reactor Fuel Processing Concepts

Integrated Micro Structured Reactor Fuel Processing Concepts [Pg.356]

One of the benefits of applying micro structured heat exchanger/reactors is the potential of combining an endothermic reaction such as steam reforming with an exothermic reaction such as catalytic combustion. This idea was proposed for the macro scale as a so-called catalytic plate reactor (CPR) by Reay [100], [Pg.356]

Frauhammer et al. [102] developed a ceramic monolith which may be used as a counter- or co-current heat exchanger. This is performed by partially closing ducts [Pg.356]

Von Hippel et al. [104] patented a special reactor head, which allows for a distribution of the two gas flows through each individual channel. Even at a 1 200 °C monolith temperature the heads did not heat up to more than 200 °C, hence silicone rubber was applied for sealing the heads. This concept was applied for coupling methane combustion and steam reforming in separate flow paths [105], [Pg.357]

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