1 Plasma for Ethanol Reforming
1.1 Hydrogen and Plasma
1.2 Reforming Technologies of Liquid Fuel
1.2.1 CO2 Reforming
1.2.2 Partial Oxidation Reforming
1.2.3 Steam Reforming
1.2.4 Autothermal Reforming
1.2.5 Comparison Among Different Reforming Processes
1.3 Hydrogen Production by Ethanol Reforming
1.3.1 Catalytic Ethanol Reforming for Hydrogen Production
1.3.2 Plasma Ethanol Reforming for Hydrogen Production
References
Non-thermal Are Plasma for Ethanol Reforming
and Hydrogen Production
2.1 Non-thermal Plasma
2.2 Non-thermal Arc Plasma Reforming of Ethanol to Produce
Hydrogen
2.3 Factors Affecting on Plasma Reforming of Ethanol
2.3.1 Effects of the Components of the Materials
2.3.2 Effects of the Carrier Gas
2.3.3 Effects of the Input Power
2.3.4 Effects of Other Factors
2.4 Comparison of the Non-thermal Plasma Reforming of Ethanol
2.5 Developmental Trends of the Non-thermal Arc Plasma
Reforming of Ethanol
References
3 Hydrogen from Ethanol by a Plasma Reforming System
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Materials and Methods
3.2.1 Experimental Setup
3.2.2 Calculation
3.3 Results and Discussion
3.3.1 Effect of the O/C Ratio
3.3.2 Effect of the S/C Ratio
3.3.3 Effect of the Input Power
3.3.4 Effect of the Ethanol Flow Rate
3.4 Conclusion
References
4 Hydrogen from Ethanol by a Miniaturized Plasma
Reforming System
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Experimental Setup
4.3 Results and Discussion
4.3.1 Voltage-Current Characteristic
4.3.2 Effect of the O/C Ratio
4.3.3 Effect of the S/C Ratio
4.3.4 Effect of the Ethanol Flow Rate
4.4 Conclusion
References
Plasma-Catalytic Reforming for Hydrogen Generation
from Ethanol
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Experimental Setup
5.2.1 Plasma-Catalytic Setup
5.2.2 Catalysts Characterization
5.3 Results and Discussion
5.3.1 Effect of the O/C Ratio
5.3.2 Effect of the S/C Ratio
5.4 Conclusion
References
6 Mechanism for the Plasma Reforming of Ethanol
6.1 Mechanism Analysis of the Single Plasma Reforming of Ethanol
6.1.1 Electron-Molecule Collision
6.1.2 Free Radical Reaction
6.1.3 The Generation and Conversion of the Main Products
6.1.4 Suppression and Removal of Carbon Deposition
in the Reforming Process
6.1.5 Removal of NOr in the Process of Reforming
6.2 Mechanism Analysis of the Plasma-Catalytic Reforming
of Ethanol
6.2.1 Related Mechanism of the Catalytic Reforming
of Ethanol
6.2.2 Effects of Plasma on the Surface Characteristics
of the Catalyst
6.2.3 The Surface Reaction of the Electronic/Radical-Catalyst
6.3 Comparison Between Plasma Reforming and
Plasma-Catalyst Reforming
6.4 Summary
References
7 Outlook
Index