Decane reforming by a dc electrohydrodynamic atomization

Author

Brocilo, D. ; Chang, Jen-Shih ; Ewing, D. ; Hirata, H. ; Matsumoto, S. ; Fanson, P.

Author_Institution

McIARS & Dept. of Eng. Phys., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON, Canada

fYear

2011

fDate

26-30 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

An experimental investigation has been conducted to study decane reforming by an electrohydrodynamic atomization system (EHDA). The EHDA had a hollow-tube electrode in a ceramic tube with a hollow-ring that acted as the ground electrode. The EHDA system was positioned in a grounded metallic chamber. Experiments were conducted for decane flow rates of 2 to 6 mL/min and applied dc voltages of 0 to 35 kV. The results showed that significant cracking of the decane could be achieved using the EHD atomization system. The amount of cracking depended on both the applied voltage and the decane flow rate.

Keywords

electrohydrodynamics; fuel gasification; organic compounds; plasma materials processing; pyrolysis; sprays; applied dc voltages; ceramic tube; dc electrohydrodynamic atomization; decane cracking; decane flow rates; decane reforming; electrohydrodynamic atomization system; ground electrode; grounded metallic chamber; hollow-ring; hollow-tube electrode; voltage 0 kV to 35 kV; Electrodes; Electrohydrodynamics; Electron tubes; Electrostatics; Hydrocarbons; Plasmas; Electrohydrodynamic atomization; reforming decane fuel;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Dielectric Liquids (ICDL), 2011 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Trondheim

ISSN

2153-3725

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7352-6

Electronic_ISBN

2153-3725

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICDL.2011.6015406

Filename

6015406