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A fuel processor is a critical element for the deployment of automotive fuel cell power systems. One component of the fuel processor, the compact gasoline vaporizer, was demonstrated at full-scale using commercial-grade gasoline. The full-scale process volume was less than 0.3 liters; it vaporized nearly 300 mL/min of gasoline, which is sufficient to support a 50-kWe fuel cell. The reduction in hardware volume was made possible using a microchannel reactor-based design; the compact process hardware is roughly an order of magnitude smaller than conventional technology.
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Tonkovich, A.L.Y. et al. (2000). Microchannel Chemical Reactors for Fuel Processing Applications. II. Compact Fuel Vaporization. In: Ehrfeld, W. (eds) Microreaction Technology: Industrial Prospects. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59738-1_38
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