Research Article
Thermodynamic Analysis of the Hydrogen Production from Ethanol: First and Second Laws Approaches
Table 4
Irreversibilities in all process stages. Reactants molar ratio effect.
| Water/ethanol | Irreversibility, kW | 2.5 | 4 | 8 |
| Mixing | 2.67 | 3.12 | 3.96 | Vaporization | 163.96 | 225.65 | 388.02 | Heating | 229.34 | 333.03 | 609.34 | Reforming | 168.05 | 154.21 | 125.16 |
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