Title :
A plate-to-plate plasma reactor as a fuel processor for hydrogen-rich gas production
Author :
Prieto, Graciela ; Okumoto, Mamoru ; Takashima, Kazunori ; Mizuno, Akira ; Prieto, Oscar ; Gay, Carlos R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ecol. Eng., Toyohashi Univ. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
The present investigation is focused in the production of hydrogen in the chemical plasma processing of heavy oil. A nonthermal plasma plate-to-plate reactor has been investigated to convert heavy oil into hydrogen, by using argon as a carrier gas. The results obtained show a very promising process for the production of hydrogen-rich gas with the important advantage to be free of carbon monoxide. The hydrogen is produced with a selectivity of about 70%, enabling this process to be considered as a high-quality hydrogen production method.
Keywords :
fuel; hydrogen economy; plasma devices; plasma materials processing; argon carrier gas; chemical plasma processing; fuel processor; heavy oil; high-quality hydrogen production method; hydrogen-rich gas; hydrogen-rich gas production; nonthermal plasma plate-to-plate reactor; plate-to-plate plasma reactor; Argon; Chemical processes; Chemical products; Fuels; Hydrogen; Inductors; Petroleum; Plasma chemistry; Plasma materials processing; Production;
Conference_Titel :
Industry Applications Conference, 2001. Thirty-Sixth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2001 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7114-3
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.2001.955614
