Methanol Fuel Processor for 15 W Power Output

Integrated Methanol Fuel Processor for 15 W Power Output 

Palo et al. [18] presented the concept of an integrated fuel processor for portable military applications. System specifications were a weight of 1 kg and a volume of 100 cm3, which transfer to a required power density of 0.15 kW dnT3. 

Full conversion was achieved in the steam reformer separately tested at a 300 ms contact time and 300 °C reaction temperature. At a very high reaction temperature of 375 °C, even a 50 ms contact time was sufficient to achieve full conversion. Methane formation was below the detection limit of 100 ppm [115]. At higher reaction temperatures its formation was to be expected owing to the methanation reaction of the carbon monoxide (see Section 2.4). 

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