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Performance Evaluation of a Catalytic Partial Oxidation Hydrogen Generator Using Turbine Engine Fuels - 1977

Richard M. Clayton

Jet Propulsion Lab Pasadena, CA

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Table of Contents

I INTRODUCTION 1
II THEORETICAL CONSIDERATION 2
  A Partial Oxidation Products 2
B Integrated Combustion System 3
III

DESCRIPTION OF EXPERIMENTS

 4
  A Generator 4
B Test Setup 5
C Instrumentation 6
D Fuels 7
E Procedure 7
IV

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

 8
  A Product Gas Composition 9
B Solid Carbon Formation and Bed Temperature Distribution 10
V CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

REFERENCES

 14
 

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  
1   Theoretical Equilibrium Composition and Temperature-idle Condition 15
2 Theoretical Equilibrium Composition and Temperature-Cruise Condition 16
3 Theoretical Equilibrium Composition and Temperature-Maximum Power Condition 17
4 Theoretical Hydrogen to Fuel Mass Ratio for Various Power Conditions 18
5 Schematic of Two-Stage Combustion System 19
6 Conceptual Operating Map for 2-Stage Combustion System 20
7 Variation of Air Split for all Fuel Through 1st Stage 20
8 Variation of Final Reaction Equivalence Ratio with Air Used for Cooling and Dilution 21
9 Schematic of Generator L 22
10 Generator L Disassembled and Assembled 23
11 Schematic of Generator L Test Setup in High Pressure Combustion Facility 24
12 Generator L Test Installation 25
13 Product Compositions for Generator L 26
14 Hydrogen Yield Indices for Generator L 27
15 Axial Profiles of Bed Temperatures for Generator L 28
16 Overall Pressure Drop Characteristics for Generator L during Operation 29
17 Calculated Solid Carbon Production for Generator L 30
 
LIST OF TABLES
1   Comparison of Two-Stage Operation Schemes 31
2 Measurement Description 32
3 Tabulated Results 34