TY - GEN
T1 - Transport in a microfluidic catalytic reactor
AU - Park, Hyung Gyu
AU - Chung, Jaewon
AU - Grigoropoulos, Costas P.
AU - Greif, Ralph
AU - Havstad, Mark
AU - Morse, Jeffrey D.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - A study of the heat and mass transfer, flow, and thermodynamics of the reacting flow in a catalytic microreactor is presented. Methanol reforming is utilized in the fuel processing system driving a micro-scale proton exchange membrane fuel cell. Understanding the flow and thermal transport phenomena as well as the reaction mechanisms is essential for improving the efficiency of the reforming process as well as the quality of the processed fuel. Numerical studies have been carried out to characterize the transport in a silicon microfabricated reactor system. On the basis of these results, optimized conditions for fuel processing are determined.
AB - A study of the heat and mass transfer, flow, and thermodynamics of the reacting flow in a catalytic microreactor is presented. Methanol reforming is utilized in the fuel processing system driving a micro-scale proton exchange membrane fuel cell. Understanding the flow and thermal transport phenomena as well as the reaction mechanisms is essential for improving the efficiency of the reforming process as well as the quality of the processed fuel. Numerical studies have been carried out to characterize the transport in a silicon microfabricated reactor system. On the basis of these results, optimized conditions for fuel processing are determined.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=1842730282&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1115/ht2003-47216
DO - 10.1115/ht2003-47216
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:1842730282
SN - 0791836932
SN - 9780791836934
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference
SP - 47
EP - 56
BT - Proceedings of the 003 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Volume 1
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
T2 - 2003 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference (HT2003)
Y2 - 21 July 2003 through 23 July 2003
ER -