Flexible microreactor for hydrogen production through alcohol reforming

Abstract

The invention discloses a flexible microreactor for hydrogen production by alcohol reforming. The flexible microreactor can realize bending, torsion and other displacement deformation in a complex space under the condition of ensuring effective proceeding of a hydrogen production reaction, and solves the defect of poor space adaptability of a traditional hydrogen production reactor. The alcohol reforming hydrogen production reactor has installation flexibility, so that the dependence of the alcohol reforming hydrogen production reactor on the environmental stability is reduced, and the requirements of different occasions can be met. Moreover, a heating tape is wound on the periphery of a flexible high-temperature-resistant polymer cavity, so that the temperature influence on the whole alcohol reforming hydrogen production reaction process caused by bending is effectively buffered, and the problem of non-uniform heating temperature is solved. The microreactor is compact and small in structure, has certain flexibility and stability compared with a traditional reactor, can achieve certain shockproof and shock-absorbing effects, has impact resistance, can ensure that hydrogen production reaction is stably carried out when the environment is fluctuating, and provides new possibility for hydrogen production in a complex dynamic environment.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a flexible microreactor for hydrogen production by reforming alcohols, in particular to a flexible microreactor for hydrogen production by reforming methanol. Background technique [0002] Hydrogen energy is clean, efficient, and environmentally friendly, and is regarded as an ideal energy source that can replace traditional energy sources in the future. Among many hydrogen production methods, hydrogen production by alcohol reforming has the advantages of high energy density, renewable, and convenient transportation, and is one of the effective ways to realize on-site hydrogen production. Alcohol reforming microreactors for hydrogen production have the advantages of high specific surface area, strong mass and heat transfer characteristics, and suppression of chain effects caused by violent reactions (prevention of explosions), and have attracted the attention of researchers. Among them, methanol has a wide range of sources, fe...

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Problems solved by technology

However, it is sealed with a flexible graphite gasket, which makes the overall reactor less flexible and unable to adapt to a more complex space environment.

[0005] Although researchers have made a lot of progress in the research of microreactors, the hydrogen production from alcohol reforming requires high environmental stability, and the current microreactors still cannot meet their requirements for dynamic and complex industries such as aerospace and navigation. requirements

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