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Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Plate Type Reformer for MCFC  

Shin, Dong-Hoon (School of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering, Kookmin University)
Seo, Hye-Gyung (Renewable Energy Research Group, Korea Electronic Power Research Institute)
Lim, Hee-Chun (Renewable Energy Research Group, Korea Electronic Power Research Institute)
Lee, Sang-Duk (Reaction Media Research Center, Korea Institute of Science & Technology)
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Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society / v.17, no.4, 2006 , pp. 403-408 More about this Journal
Abstract
The plate reformer consisting of combustion chamber and reforming chamber for 25 kW MCFC stack has been operated and computational fluid dynamics was applied to estimate reactions and thermal fluid behavior in the reformer. The methane air 2-stage reaction was assumed in the combustion chamber, and three step steam reforming reactions were included in the calculation. Flow uniformity, reaction rate and species distribution, and temperature distribution were analyzed. In particular, temperature distribution was compared with the measurements to show good agreement in the combustion chamber, however, inappropriate agreement in the reformer chamber.
Keywords
methane-steam reformer; computational fluid dynamics; hydrogen; molten carbonate fuel cell;
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