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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2017.41.6.381

Pressure Drop and Catalytic Dehydrogenation of NaBH4 Solution Across Pin Fin Structures in a Microchannel Reactor  

Jung, Ki Moon (Thermal & Fluid System R&DB Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology)
Choi, Seok Hyun (Key Valve Technologies Ltd.)
Lee, Hee Joon (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Kookmin Univ.)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.41, no.6, 2017 , pp. 381-387 More about this Journal
Abstract
Dehydrogenation from the hydrolysis of a sodium borohydride ($NaBH_4$) solution has been of interest owing to its high theoretical hydrogen storage capacity (10.8 wt.%) and potentially safe operation. An experimental study has been performed on the catalytic reaction rate and pressure drop of a $NaBH_4$ solution over both a single microchannel with a hydraulic diameter of $300{\mu}m$ and a staggered array of micro pin fins in the microchannel with hydraulic diameter of $50{\mu}m$. The catalytic reaction rates and pressure drops were obtained under Reynolds numbers from 1 to 60 and solution concentrations from 5 to 20 wt.%. Moreover, reacting flows were visualized using a high-speed camera with a macro zoom lens. As a result, both the amount of hydrogenation and pressure drop are 2.45 times and 1.5 times larger in a pin fin microchannel array than in a single microchannel, respectively.
Keywords
Chemical Reactor; Dehydrogenation; Microchannel; Pin Fin Structure; Sodium Borohydride;
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