SGER: Application of atmospheric microplasma to fuel reforming

SGER：大气微等离子体在燃料重整中的应用

• 批准号: 0839961
• 负责人: Davide Mariotti
• 金额: $ 5.34万
• 依托单位: Rochester Institute of Tech
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-08-01 至 2009-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0839961&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SGER; Application; atmospheric; microplasma; fuel

Objective:The objective of this effort is to investigate a microplasma MEMS device that is capable of achieving efficient hydrogen production from hydrocarbon fuels. The project will develop understanding of the microplasma-based reforming processes and will also lead to practical designs of micro-reformers for fuel cell applications. Intellectual MeritThe project will involve the design and fabrication of a microstructure that will generate plasmas for hydrogen production. Major challenges include: the generation of a suitable plasma at atmospheric pressure, and ensuring its stability, durability, and efficiency. Microplasmas, which differ from conventionally-scaled plasmas in a few important ways, are attractive in this respect. Both theoretical and experimental studies will be conducted by a multi-disciplinary team, which includes three investigators. The effort will benchmark the microplasma approach to all other methods of hydrogen production.Broader ImpactBoth undergraduate and graduate students will be involved in this project. Because of its interdisciplinary and collaborative nature, as well as its societal relevance, this research effort will serve as a appealing vehicle for education. The project will involve RIT's co-operative education program.

目的：这项工作的目的是研究能够从碳氢化合物燃料中实现有效产生氢的微质量MEMS设备。 该项目将对基于微质量的改革过程发展理解，还将导致用于燃料电池应用的微改造剂的实用设计。知识分子的项目将涉及微观结构的设计和制造，该微观结构将生成用于氢生产的等离子体。 主要挑战包括：在大气压下生成合适的等离子体，并确保其稳定性，耐用性和效率。 在这方面，微质量与传统尺度的等离子体有所不同，在这方面具有吸引力。 理论研究和实验研究都将由一个多学科团队进行，其中包括三个研究人员。 这项努力将对所有其他氢生产方法的微质量方法进行基准测试。 由于其跨学科和协作性质及其社会意义，这项研究工作将成为一种有吸引力的教育工具。 该项目将涉及RIT的合作教育计划。