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A Study on the Evaporator Shape for the Heat Transfer Performance of Fuel Cell Reformer  

Suh, Ho-Cheol (Sejong Industrial Co., LTD.)
Kim, Kyu-Jun (Sejong Industrial Co., LTD.)
Noh, Hyung-Chul (Sejong Industrial Co., LTD.)
Park, Kyoung-Suk (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyunghee Univ.)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering / v.28, no.1, 2011 , pp. 108-114 More about this Journal
Abstract
Steam reformer was organized with steam reforming process and CO removing process. The steam reforming process needed high temperature, 600~900 $^{\circ}C$, for catalytic-reaction which was extract of hydrogen from steam and hydrocarbon. The effects of the evaporator configuration on its heat transfer characteristics were investigated both experimentally and numerically to pursue the miniaturization. In this study, three configurations were considered where the different structures were tested; empty, embossing and mesh filled. For the comparison of heat transfer performance of shape evaporator disk, numerical analysis using SC-Tetra code and experiment were carried out. In case of reformer system design, it should be considered heat transfer rate, differential pressure and fluid flow direction.
Keywords
Steam Reformer; Evaporator; Heat Transfer; Hydrocarbon; Fuel Cell;
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