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| | Hydrogen reformer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | This is why many reformer projects have focussed on "new" fuels like methanol; they are not widely used today, so it would not be too difficult to have the market supply it in a form tailored to use in a reformer. | | | A reformer allows existing fuel supply and distribution systems to supply fuel cell-powered vehicles, using the reactions: | | | The catalyst used in the common polymer-electrolyte-membrane fuel cell, the device most likely to be used in transportation roles, is very sensitive to any leftover carbon in the fuel, which reformers never completely remove. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_reformer
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| | Argonne tests, creates fuel cells to power the future |
| | Hydrogen can be produced from a variety of sources including fossil fuels like coal or natural gas, biomass and water using either electricity (electrolysis) or high temperatures. | | | Their compact fuel processor reforms gasoline from the pump or other conventional fuels such as diesel, methanol or natural gas, into a hydrogen-rich gas to power fuel cells. | | | The Argonne reformer is energy efficient, capable of rapid start-up and shut-down, and is dynamically responsive to load changes. |
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http://www.eurekalert.org/features/doe/2004-06/dnl-atc061404.php
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| | BOARD MEETING DATE: June 16, 2000 AGENDA NO. 7 |
| | Hydrogen Burner Technology, based in Long Beach, CA has developed and owns several patents to its reformer technology, and is a leading manufacturer of stationary reformers. | | | The pure hydrogen generated by the reformer will be compressed using a hydrogen compressor, and stored in large pressurized tube tanks. | | | Hydrogen can be generated through a spectrum of technologies. |
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http://www.aqmd.gov/hb/2000/00067a.html
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| | Automotive Engineering International Online: Tech Briefs, Oct. 1999, Page 2 |
| | Hydrogen generated by the reformer, and compressed air from the compressor, is fed to the fuel-cell stack. | | | The FCEV compressor is similar to a Lysholm positive-volume compressor made by the affiliated Tochigi Fuji. | | | Nissan has a new experimental fuel-cell-powered vehicle with hydrogen sup-plied by an onboard methanol-reforming system, the Nissan FCEV. |
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http://www.sae.org/automag/techbriefs_10-99/02.htm
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| | Articles - Hydrogen economy |
| | Hydrogen, in comparison, is quite expensive to store or transport with current technology. | | | Direct methanol fuel cells do not require a reformer, but provide lower efficiencies and power densities compared to conventional fuel cells, although this could be counter balanced with the much better energy densities of ethanol and methanol over hydrogen. | | | The other half of current hydrogen production is used to convert heavy petroleum sources into lighter fractions suitable for use as fuels. |
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http://www.dforever.com/articles/Hydrogen_economy
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| | SBIR/STTR Interactive Topic Information System (SITIS) |
| | Concurrent with the development of fuel cell technology the reformer technologies necessary for producing hydrogen from methane gas and kerosene based JP-8 logistical fuel have been progressing. | | | Research and develop a fuel reformer with multi-fuel capability, able to produce fuel cell quality hydrogen from JP-8 logistical fuel or methane natural gas, as a minimum, and other hydrocarbons. | | | There is no preference to the reforming technology used. |
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http://www.dodsbir.net/Sitis/archives_display_topic.asp?Bookmark=20126
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| | Hydrogen Projects and Conceptual Ideas in Germany |
| | During wintertime the hydrogen is converted to electricity by an alkaline fuel cell system or to high temperature heat in a catalytic cooker with 4 diffusion burners and in a catalytic air-heater with a two step diffusion burner. | | | Among the hydrogen appliances developed respectively adapted are: an absorption refrigerator, a gas lamp, a camping cooker, a hydrogen heater, hydrogen suited internal combustion engines, a cogeneration unit, a motor pump, a sea water desalination plant, a cooling device, a welding equipment, a H | | | The hydrogen shall be produced as far as possible and economic from clean and renewable energy sources, mainly from biomass gasified to hydrogen. |
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http://www.hydrogen.org/News/Gproject.html
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| | Fuel Cell Works Supplemental News Page |
| | The steam reformer is the highest temperature component within the fuel processor and represents the biggest hurdle to achieving rapid startup. | | | Fuel cells use hydrogen to produce electricity which runs the vehicle. | | | It has taken steam reformer prototypes that long to come up to temperature to begin producing hydrogen to power the vehicle. |
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http://www.fuelcellsworks.com/Supppage536.html
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| | Using a Delphi micro reformer, the hydrogen enrichment system generates a hydrogen-rich gas by partial oxidation of fuel. | | | In addition, control valves are utilized to manage fuel delivery to the reformer and reformate delivery to the engine and exhaust catalyst. | | | Delphi's hydrogen enrichment technology can help improve vehicle environmental performance by adding hydrogen to a gasoline engine to reduce cold-start hydrocarbon (HC) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions and NOx during cruise conditions. |
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http://www.delphi.com/news/pressReleases/pr13802-06242002
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| | Green Car Congress: ChevronTexaco: An Approach to Distributed Hydrogen Production |
| | However, despite the energy and economic improvements delivered through this design, the compact reformer still operates at a negative energy balance (i.e., more energy is used in producing the hydrogen than is obtained from the hydrogen), and hydrogen costs linked to the cost of natural gas seem bound to rise steeply. | | | In principle, ChevronTexaco believes that development of an economic distributed hydrogen infrastructure is fundamental to the success of a hydrogen economy and the commercialization of fuel cells in both transport and stationary power applications. | | | The new compact reformer design features mechanical as well as thermal integration of the steam reforming, catalytic oxidizer, and water-gas shift reactions in a single vessel. |
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http://www.greencarcongress.com/2005/04/chevrontexaco_a.html
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| | Hydrogen Fueling Stations |
| | The station produces hydrogen that is also used to test various vehicles systems and components enabling the development of new and improved vehicle technology. | | | DTE Energy purchased a SES-f to provide clean hydrogen to zero-emission hydrogen-powered vehicles as well as fuel cells that utilize hydrogen to generate electricity. | | | The technology park project is intended provide critical insight into the role of hydrogen in the world's energy system and illustrates the environmental and energy security benefits derived from using hydrogen as a fuel. |
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http://www.stuartenergy.com/our_customers/transportation.html
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| | Fuel Cell Works Supplemental News Page |
| | The Adeo hydrogen generator uses proprietary high pressure auto-thermal reforming technology developed by HyRadix to convert natural gas or propane into high purity, ultra-low CO content hydrogen for the refueling of hydrogen vehicles. | | | In addition, the hydrogen will be used for fuel cell and hydrogen internal combustion engine vehicles. | | | HyRadix, based in Des Plaines, Illinois, is dedicated to the development and global commercialization of hydrogen generation technology for hydrogen vehicle refueling, industrial applications and for stationary fuel cells. |
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http://www.fuelcellsworks.com/Supppage982.html
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| | Howstuffworks "How Fuel Processors Work" |
| | If there were a technology that could remove the hydrogen from these fuels and use it to power the fuel cell, the hydrogen storage and distribution problem would be eliminated almost entirely. | | | Liquid hydrogen has good energy density, but it must be stored at extremely low temperatures and high pressures; this makes storing and transporting it rather difficult. | | | It is called a fuel processor, or a reformer. |
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http://www.howstuffworks.com/fuel-processor.htm
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| | GE Global Research - News - Hydrogen Production Research |
| | The idea is to develop a system that will employ solar energy to extract hydrogen from water using a photoelectrochemical process. | | | A reversible solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) hydrogen production system capable of producing either hydrogen or electricity on demand is a pathway to a cost-competitive, distributed renewable system. | | | GE Global Research, along with the University of Minnesota and Argonne National Laboratory, will develop a revolutionary compact reforming technology that will enable hydrogen to be produced from natural gas and renewable fuels, such as methanol and ethanol. |
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http://www.crd.ge.com/04_media/news/20041117_hydrogen.shtml
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| | Universal Dynamics - Engineering, Software and Productivity |
| | The reformer is now capable of producing significantly more hydrogen than previously possible, due mostly to the new burner configuration. | | | PLC control allows flexibility in the system for control changes, and/or additions in the future. | | | This made the transition from the old system to the new as easy as possible for operations. |
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| | Green Car Congress: H2 Generation and Fueling at Home: Hondas Home Energy System II |
| | HES II is the latest evolution of a joint development effort by Honda and Plug Power to produce a home system that generates hydrogen from natural gas for use in fuel cell vehicles while supplying electricity and hot water to the home. | | | Originally two separate units, the HES now combines all the elements into one smaller package that includes the natural gas reformer, hydrogen purifier, fuel cell stack, compressor, fuel storage and delivery system. | | | Honda and Plug Power are not the first to demonstrate or to explore small-scale generation of hydrogen. |
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http://www.greencarcongress.com/2004/11/hsub2sub_genera.html
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| | Hydrogen Now! News |
| | Hydrogen gas production plant to be built here --- The $200,000 Department of Energy Renewable Energy Grant will help the company develop a wind-turbine electrical generating system that, in conjuction with electricity from traditional sources, will be used to separate hydrogen from water. | | | Hydrogen gas production plant to be built here --- The $200,000 Department of Energy Renewable Energy Grant will help the company develop a wind-turbine electrical generating system that, in conjunction with electricity from traditional sources, will be used to separate hydrogen from water. | | | Burning hydrogen is cleaner than gasoline but not as practical, given the lack of infrastructure capable of delivering hydrogen to customers. |
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http://www.hydrogennow.org/news.html
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| | FuelCellStore.com's Products,me 100,methanol reformer,hydrogen generator,hydrogen from methanol |
| | Plug into a standard 120 V outlet to power the pump control monitoring equipment, and fill with a 2:1 (by volume) mixture of laboratory methanol and distilled deionized water. | | | Because of the unique reactor design, the hydrogen delivery pressure and flow rate adjusts itself to follow a changing load. | | | Place your research at the forefront of important technological developments in the fuel cell industry. |
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| | U.S. Pregrant 20040126297 - Integrated catalyst-heat exchanger and method of oxidizing carbon monoxide in a hydrogen ... |
| | The present invention involves a system and method of oxidizing carbon monoxide in a preferential oxidizer for a hydrogen reformer of a fuel cell system for vehicular and stationary applications. | | | The method further includes introducing a hydrogen-rich reformate to the heat exchange system, wherein the hydrogen-rich reformate is at a predetermined temperature and has a first content of carbon monoxide. | | | The method includes providing a heat exchange system of the preferential oxidizer, wherein the heat exchange system has a single integrated oxidation reaction region in which an oxidation catalyst is disposed for oxidizing carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. |
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http://cxp.paterra.com/uspregrant20040126297.html
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| | Catalytic Reformer and Refinery Hydrogen System |
| | The purity of the hydrogen is typically between 75–90%, which means that there is a high percentage of components which may condense resulting in reliability problems in downstream equipment. | | | These liquids are in a fine aerosol form, very difficult to separate with knock-out drums or packed vessels. | | | Fouling and performance loss of the reformer hydrogen recycle compressor |
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http://www.pall.com/chemical_5578.asp
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| | Reformer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | A reformer is a device that extracts hydrogen from other fuels, typically methanol or gasoline - see hydrogen reformer | | | The word "Reformer", when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language. | | | A reformer is a person who wishes to change a system to improve it (see Reform movement). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformer
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| | Articles - Alcohol fuel |
| | Because hydrogen in its gaseous state takes up a very large volume when compared to other fuels, logistics becomes a very difficult problem. | | | Rather, it is merely an intermediate energy storage medium existing between an energy source (be it solar power, biofuels, and nuclear power) and the place where the energy will be used. | | | In early 2004, researchers at the University of Minnesota announced that they had invented a simple ethanol reactor that would take ethanol, feed it through a stack of catalysts, and output hydrogen suitable for a fuel cell. |
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http://www.centralairconditioners.net/articles/Alcohol_fuel
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| | Initiative Brennstoffzelle - Reformer extracts hydrogen for fuel cell-powered cars from gasoline |
| | American engineers have developed a reformer that can be used in automobiles to extract hydrogen from gasoline. | | | At room temperature it is ready for operation within four minutes — a dramatic improvement over previous systems, which required as much as 30 minutes to start functioning. | | | The system is able to extract hydrogen from gasoline thanks to a special, patented process — Catalytic Partial Oxidation (CPO), which uses some of the fuel’s energy, and a little extra help from catalysts, to release the hydrogen from the gasoline’s long-chain hydrocarbon molecules. |
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http://www.initiative-brennstoffzelle.de/ibz/live/nachrichten/show.php3?id=67&nodeid=0&art=e
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| | H2scan :: hydrogen sensor, process monitor |
| | All systems can be programmed to detect various ranges of hydrogen, to provide sequential levels of alert, and to communicate data back to an operator, display, or process monitoring system. | | | This solid-state technology developed at the U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratory - and now commercialized for the first time by H2scan, LLC - is able to detect hydrogen in air in seconds down to 10 ppm concentration over a wide range of temperatures without cross-sensitivities to any other substances. | | | Whatever your need, H2scan™ hydrogen specific sensing systems are uniquely able to detect hydrogen against virtually any background gases. |
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http://h2scan.com
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| | MachineDesign.com: Hydrogen reformer — Optional equipment for your next car? |
| | Problem is, the car must sit 15 min before being driven: It takes a while for steam reformer prototypes to reach the right temperature to begin producing hydrogen. | | | Hydrogen atoms are stripped from water and hydrocarbon molecules to produce hydrogen gas. | | | PNNL researchers developed a compact steam reformer, which can produce large amounts of hydrogen-rich gas from a liquid fuel in only 12 sec. |
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http://www.machinedesign.com/ASP/strArticleID/56902/strSite/MDSite/viewSelectedArticle.asp
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| | Piping Technology & Products For All Your Engineering and Construction Needs |
| | Piping Technology and Products, Inc. custom designed and manufactured 46 PTP 100-C size 50 constants for a hydrogen reformer in Chile. | | | Piping Technology and Products, Inc. Designs and Fabricates 46 Constants for Hydrogen Reformer in Chile |
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http://www.pipingtech.com/news/arc_pw_2004/engps2004_14.htm
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| | Hydrogen-Production Reformer |
| | Rapid response to cold-start and transient load change - heat generation is independent of chemical reactoin. | | | *based on theoretical limit of ~68% Hydrogen Concentration in the reformate Stream | | | Power Consumption: < 3% of the net electicity to be generated by the fuel-cell generator. |
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http://www.wangtec.com/h2info.html
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| | Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations |
| | Availability information may be found in the Availability, Publisher, Research Organization, Resource Relation and/or Author (affiliation information) fields and/or via the "Full-text Availability" link. | | | Energy Citations Database (ECD) Document #6433829 - Hydrodealkylation of toluene using hydrogen-rich reformer gas |
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http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=6433829
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