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2D heat and mass transfer modeling of methane steam reforming for hydrogen production in a compact reformer

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In this paper, a 2D heat and mass transfer model is developed to investigate the fundamental transport phenomenon and chemical reaction kinetics in a compact reformer for hydrogen production by methane steam reforming (MSR).
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This article is published in Energy Conversion and Management.The article was published on 2013-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 51 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Methane reformer & Steam reforming.

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The thermal effect in direct carbon solid oxide fuel cells

TL;DR: In this article, the thermal effect in a tubular direct carbon solid oxide fuel cell (DC-SOFC) is studied with a numerical model, and the results of this study form a solid foundation for better thermal management of DSOFCs.
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Numerical analysis of the biomimetic leaf-type hierarchical porous structure to improve the energy storage efficiency of solar driven steam methane reforming

TL;DR: In this paper, a biomimetic leaf-type hierarchical porous structure solar thermochemical reactor is introduced, which can regulate the spatial distribution of solar radiation intensity and optimize the temperature field.
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A refractory selective solar absorber for high performance thermochemical steam reforming

TL;DR: In this article, a 2D photonic crystal (PhC) solar selective absorber is proposed to avoid the large radiation heat loss and obtain higher surface temperature in steam reformers.
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Numerical investigation on the wall-coated steam methane reformer improvement: Effects of catalyst layer patterns and metal foam insertion

TL;DR: In this paper, a numerical simulation of improving performances of a wall-coated steam methane reformer for hydrogen production is presented, where a single catalyst layer of 10mm length is adopted for the first configuration, while, for the second one, it is divided into five discrete uniform layers and impregnated alternately on the reformer's walls.
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Performance improvement of a direct carbon solid oxide fuel cell through integrating an Otto heat engine

TL;DR: In this paper, a novel system consisting of an external heat source, a direct carbon solid oxide fuel cell (DC-SOFC), a regenerator and an air standard Otto cycle engine is proposed to improve the performance of the DC-SOF.
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A review and recent developments in photocatalytic water-splitting using TiO2 for hydrogen production

TL;DR: In this article, the up-to-date development of the above-mentioned technologies applied to TiO 2 photocatalytic hydrogen production is reviewed, based on the studies reported in the literature, metal ion-implantation and dye sensitization are very effective methods to extend the activating spectrum to the visible range.
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Q1. What contributions have the authors mentioned in the paper "2d heat and mass transfer modeling of methane steam reforming for hydrogen production in a compact reformer" ?

In this study, a 2D heat and mass transfer model is developed to investigate the fundamental transport phenomenon and chemical reaction kinetics in a CR for hydrogen production by methane steam reforming ( MSR ). 

The effects of SCR and the catalyst nature on CR performance are not included but will be considered in future works.