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Clean Air: International Journal on Energy for a Clean Environment

ISSN for PRINT: 1561-4417

Institutional price:	$451.00
Issues per year:	4

Best Paper Award Selection - Editorial Board Site

2006, Volume7

117 pages

DOI: 10.1615/InterJEnerCleanEnv.v7.i4

Issue price - $128.00

THERMAL PARTIAL OXIDATION OF DIESEL IN POROUS REACTORS FOR SYNTHESIS GAS PRODUCTION

Z. Al-Hamamre
Institute of Heat Engineering and Thermodynamics, D-09596 Freiberg, Germany

S. Deizinger
Institute of Fluid Mechanics, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany

A. Mach
Institute of Fluid Mechanics, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany

F. von Issendorff
Institute of Fluid Mechanics, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany

D. Trimis
Institute of Heat Engineering and Thermodynamics, D-09596 Freiberg, Germany; and Institute of Fluid Mechanics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Cauerstr. 4, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany

ABSTRACT

In this study the thermal partial oxidation (TPOX) of Diesel fuel for the production of syngas was investigated theoretically and experimentally. Equilibrium and kinetic calculations were performed to determine the main influence parameters on the thermal partial oxidation. In the experimental study, a high-temperature residual free Diesel-air mixture was prepared. The effect of the preheating temperature and the excess air ratio on the evaporation process was investigated. In the reforming part, a ZrO₂ porous foam-based reformer was used to perform the TPOX. The performance of the evaporator was then compared with a free flame-mode reformer (without porous material).