2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Passive production of hydrogen from liquid fuel utilizing functions of porous material

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21560204
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Thermal engineering
Research Institution	Yokohama National University
Principal Investigator	OKUYAMA Kunito 横浜国立大学, 工学研究院, 教授 (60204153)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	液体燃料 / 水素生成 / 多孔質体 / パッシブ法
Research Abstract	A novel method to produce hydrogen from liquid fuel using a porous material subjected to high rate heating from a single heat source has been proposed. Various functions of a porous material including liquid supply due to capillary suction, micro-channel heat transfer, and catalyst-supporting with a large surface area resulting from the micro-porous structure have been shown to be effective for the passive production of hydrogen from the decomposition reaction of methanol. Yield of the reaction agreed with the analytical prediction for the reaction process in the porous material. The parameters to dominate the yield and heat utilization efficiency have been revealed.

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