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Challenges in Reforming Gasoline: All Components are Not Created Equal
Technical Paper
2001-01-1915
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Gasoline is a complex fuel. Many of the constituents of gasoline that are beneficial for the internal combustion engine (ICE) are expected to be challenging for on-board reformers in fuel-cell vehicles. To address these issues, the autothermal reforming of gasoline and individual components of gasoline has been investigated. The results indicate that aromatic components require higher temperatures and longer contact times to reform than paraffinic components. Napthenic components require higher temperatures to reform, but can be reformed at higher space velocities than paraffinic components. The effects of sulfur are dependent on the catalyst. These results suggest that further evolution of gasoline could reduce the demands on the reformer and provide a better fuel for a fuel-cell vehicle.
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Kopasz, J., Ahmed, S., Krumpelt, M., and Devlin, P., "Challenges in Reforming Gasoline: All Components are Not Created Equal," SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-1915, 2001, https://doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-1915.Also In
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