Hydrogen production by coal plasma gasification for fuel cell technology

Hydrogen production by radio frequency plasma stimulation in methane hydrate at atmospheric pressure

“…Plasma generation technology seems very suitable for application in the hydrogen industry because its high temperature of greater than 1000 K could accelerate the reaction rate and could produce hydrogen from methane [2e4]. Research into plasma decomposition of other energy sources such as iso-octane and gasoline [4], and coal [5] has also been conducted. On the other hand, the technology for generating plasma in liquid by radio frequency (RF) or microwave (MW) irradiation has been conducted in the chemical fields concerned with the direct decomposition of the liquid itself for diamond deposition [6] and synthesis of nanoparticles [7].…”

Comparative study of coal plasma gasification: Simulation and experiment

“…Among clean coal technologies, gasification [4], and 53 especially plasma gasification [1,2] is particularly interesting since 54 it allows both power generation (in Integrated Gasification Com- 55 bined Cycles power plants, IGCC) and environmental friendly fuel 56 production, with a particular reference to hydrogen [3,5]. 57 This paper describes numerical and experimental investigation 58 of coal air and water steam gasification in arc-plasma reactor.…”

An experimental investigation of reverse vortex flow plasma reforming of methane

“…The water gas shift reaction normally occurs in two stages, one at 350 C and a second at 190e210 C [22], and has been assumed by other groups to have zero energy cost [23], which while unrealistic [24], allows for a direct comparison of results to the literature review by Petitpas et al [3].…”