Liquid fuel conversion using gliding discharge in Tornado for direct use in solid oxide fuel cells

Author

Gallagher, Michael J., Jr. ; Rabinovich, Alexander ; Gutsol, Alexander ; Fridman, Alexander

Author_Institution

Drexel Plasma Inst., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA

fYear

2008

fDate

15-19 June 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Conversion of liquid hydrocarbon fuels to produce synthesis gas using non-equilibrium gliding discharges is performed using a reverse vortex flow ("tornado") reactor. Part of the integrated system is plasma reformer, which utilizes syngas (CO + H₂) for direct use in a solid oxide fuel cell for onboard conversion liquid fuels into electricity. This integrated system can be an advance power generator that can be used in remote areas where only hydrocarbon fuel sources are available and have potential military applications.

Keywords

discharges (electric); electric generators; plasma applications; plasma devices; solid oxide fuel cells; vortices; liquid fuel conversion; liquid hydrocarbon fuels; military applications; nonequilibrium gliding discharges; plasma reformer; power generator; reverse vortex flow; solid oxide fuel cell; tornado reactor; Cathodes; Electron emission; Fuel cells; Glow discharges; Hydrocarbons; Inductors; Plasma temperature; Process control; Solids; Tornadoes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 2008. ICOPS 2008. IEEE 35th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Karlsruhe

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1929-6

Electronic_ISBN

0730-9244

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.2008.4590633

Filename

4590633