TY - JOUR
T1 - Non-premixed reactive volatilization reactor for catalytic reforming of ethanol and E85
AU - Lin, Ying
AU - Li, Xuesong
AU - Lee, Hyewon
AU - Northrop, William F.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the Minnesota Corn Growers Association Research and Promotion Council under grant number 1089-17EU .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors
PY - 2021/9/1
Y1 - 2021/9/1
N2 - Compact reforming of liquid fuels like ethanol and gasoline requires simultaneous evaporation and catalytic partial oxidation. In this work, a small-scale reactive volatilization reactor was examined for compact reforming of ethanol and 85% ethanol mixed with iso-octane (E85). Results show the reactor can simultaneously vaporize and reform both fuels with high conversion (up to ~45%) and high reforming efficiency (up to ~97%), defined as the ratio of lower heating value of the syngas over that of the fuel. The demonstrated result shows that the non-premixed configuration is a viable option for compact reforming at high molar carbon to oxygen ratio while avoiding soot formation.
AB - Compact reforming of liquid fuels like ethanol and gasoline requires simultaneous evaporation and catalytic partial oxidation. In this work, a small-scale reactive volatilization reactor was examined for compact reforming of ethanol and 85% ethanol mixed with iso-octane (E85). Results show the reactor can simultaneously vaporize and reform both fuels with high conversion (up to ~45%) and high reforming efficiency (up to ~97%), defined as the ratio of lower heating value of the syngas over that of the fuel. The demonstrated result shows that the non-premixed configuration is a viable option for compact reforming at high molar carbon to oxygen ratio while avoiding soot formation.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.rineng.2021.100247
DO - 10.1016/j.rineng.2021.100247
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85109427826
SN - 2590-1230
VL - 11
JO - Results in Engineering
JF - Results in Engineering
M1 - 100247
ER -