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The next task was to model the reformer itself to understand design issues and be able to predict performance of various reactor/catalyst types and transient behavior. However, upon trying to obtain kinetic rate expressions for the reforming reactions, it was found that very little information existed in the public domain. This led to the decision/need to develop reaction kinetics for catalytic partial oxidation and steam reforming at National Energy Technology Laboratory s (NETL s) onsite research facility. 

Argonne National Laboratory has developed a POX reformer suitable for use in vehicles. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) supports work on POX systems for on-board fuel processors for fuel cell vehicles through the Office of Transportation Technologies Fuel Cell Program.17... 

Belanger, Jean was the President of the Canadian Chemical Producers Association from 1979 to 1996. Mr. Belanger currently serves as Chair of the Advisory Board to the Institute for Chemical Process and Environmental Technology of the National Research Council. In 1996, he was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada. Mr. Belanger was appointed to the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy in October 1996. Mr. Belanger is the Chair of the NRTEE s Ecological Fiscal Reform (EFR) and Energy Task Force. 

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1995, Advanced hydrogen production technologies, DOE/GO- 10095-065. Rostrup-Nielsen, J.R., 1984, "Catalytic steam reforming" in "Catalytic science and technology," J.R. Anderson and M. Boudard, Ed., Vol. 4, Springer, Berlin, pi. 

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