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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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Hydrogen production from ethanol reforming: Catalysts and reaction mechanism

TL;DR: A detailed analysis based on the spectroscopic technique revealed that reaction pathways proceeded along a mono-functional or bi-functional mechanism according to the types of active metal and support as mentioned in this paper.
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Modeling and parametric simulations of solid oxide fuel cells with methane carbon dioxide reforming

TL;DR: In this paper, a two-dimensional model is developed to simulate the performance of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) fed with CO2 and CH4 mixture, and the electrochemical oxidations of both CO and H2 are included.
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Heat transfer analysis of porous media receiver with different transport and thermophysical models using mixture as feeding gas

TL;DR: In this article, a local thermal non-equilibrium model is adopted to solve the steady state heat and mass transfer problems of porous media solar receiver, where the fluid entrance surface is subjected to concentrated solar radiation, and CH4/H2O mixture is adopted as feeding gas.
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Modeling of all porous solid oxide fuel cells

TL;DR: In this paper, a two-dimensional model for all porous solid oxide button cells is developed for the first time, and the model is then extended for a tubular cell for parametric simulations.
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Thermodynamic analysis of steam reforming of methane with statistical approaches

TL;DR: In this article, the Gibbs free energy minimization method was applied to steam reforming of methane in the ranges of steam to methane from 0.5 to 3, reaction pressure from 1 to 50 bar and operative temperature from 600 to 1200 K. The effect of parameters was determined via an orthogonal second order design.
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Hydrogen production from biomass tar by catalytic steam reforming

TL;DR: In this paper, two kinds of nickel-based commercial catalytic steam reforming of model biomass tar, toluene being a major component, were performed at various conditions of temperature, steam injection rate, catalyst size and space time.
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Design and optimization of a combined fuel reforming and solid oxide fuel cell system with anode off-gas recycling

TL;DR: In this article, an energy conversion and management concept for a combined system of a solid oxide fuel cell coupled with a fuel reforming device is developed and analyzed by a thermodynamic and electrochemical model.
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Thermo-electrochemical modeling of ammonia-fueled solid oxide fuel cells considering ammonia thermal decomposition in the anode

TL;DR: In this paper, a 2D thermo-electrochemical model is developed to investigate the heat/mass transfer, chemical (ammonia thermal decomposition) and electrochemical reactions in a planar SOFC running on ammonia.
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Competitiveness of hydrogen production by High Temperature Electrolysis: Impact of the heat source and identification of key parameters to achieve low production costs

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess the impact of the temperature, pressure and thermal energy cost of the heat source on the process competitiveness and show that medium temperature thermal energy sources could be coupled to the high temperature steam electrolysis process without resulting in strong overcosts.
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Structural properties of SOFC anodes and reactivity

TL;DR: In this paper, the anode structure of SOFC fuel cells is investigated by gas adsorption, diffusion and permeation measurements and the reforming reactivity is determined as a function of anode thickness to characterize the influence of mass transfer limitations.
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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.