Start gasoline fuel processor

GM s Gen III was the world s first gasoline fuel processor for fuel cell propulsion. Gen III had the capacity to start in less than three minutes. 

A compact design for a gasoline fuel processor for auxiliary power unit (APU) applications, including an autothermal reformer followed by WGS and selective oxidation stages, was reported by Severin et al. [83]. The overall fuel processor efficiency was about 77% with a start-up time of 30 min. 

UTC Fuel Cells has partnered with Nissan and Shell Hydrogen to develop a 50-kW on-board gasoline fuel processor with a volume of 78 L and weight of 65kg. The start-up time is 3.5min.8... 

In this study, a gasoline fuel processor is operated under conditions simulating both cold start and normal operation. Emissions are measured before and after the anode gas burner in order to... 

Figure 5.59 Dynamic simulation of the start-up fuel processor (33 kWth) S/C = 0 O/C = 0.94 behaviour of an autothermal gasoline reformer 60 Lmin air addition to the water-gas shift coupled to a heat-exchanger for feed pre-heating reactor. Right gas composition downstream of and a water-gas shift reactor both reactors were the autothermal reformer (ATR) and the high pre-heated for 5 s with 2.5-kWei energy. Left temperature water-gas shift reactor (HTS)...

Figure 9.45 Schematic (left) and photograph (right) of the gasoline fuel processor as developed by Goebel etal. [619] bum 1 and burn 2 stands for the two start-up burners of the system.

Figure 9.46 Fuel processor reactor temperatures and carbon monoxide concentration after the second stage water-gas shift (WCS2 CO) and after the second stage preferential oxidation reactor (PrOx CO) as determined during start-up of a gasoline fuel processor to full power [519].

Figure 9.47 Start-up power and transition test as determined during start-up of a gasoline fuel processor to full power [619].

In August 2001, General Motors presented a Chevrolet S-10 pick-up with the world s first fuel cell vehicle supplied by a gasoline fuel processor. The electrical power of the system amounted to 25 kW and the start-up time demand was in the order of 3 min. The peak efficiency of the reformer was 80%. 

Ahmed, S., Ahluwalia, R., Lee, S.H.D. and Lottes, S. (2006) A gasoline fuel processor designed to study quick-start performance. J. Power Sources, 154, 214-222. 

A stand-alone IkW integrated fuel processor for gasoline, incorporating an autothermal reformer followed by high- and low-temperature WGS reactors, was reported by Qi et al. [85]. The start-up of the ATR reformer lasted less than 5 min and stabilized in around 50 min for the whole system. 

The start-up time demand was demonstrated to be kept below 4 min, which was impressive, for the second generation fuel processor, as shown in Figure 9.51 [620]. The start-up procedure was described. Gasoline was fed to the autothermal reformer at 7 kWth for 1.5 min. Then the gasoline flow was increased to 30kWth- The carbon... 

Springmarm, S., Bohnet, M., Docter, A., Lamm, A. and Eigenberger, G. (2004) Cold start simulations of a gasoline based fuel processor for mobile fuel cell applications./. Power Sources, 128,13-24. 

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