Research Article
A Study of Fuel and Reactor Design for Platinum Nanoparticle Catalyzed Microreactors
Table 1
Alternative fuel study using preheated inlet results summary. Ethanol reservoir was maintained at 45°C.
| Fuel | Fuel-air flow rate | Avg. peak temp. | Avg. time const. | Heat production rate | [mL/min] | [°C] | [s] | [W] based on LHV |
| Ethanol | 800 | 667 ± 59 | — | 677 | Methane | 1000 | 740 ± 6.8 | 14.6 | 547 | Propane | 800 | 820 ± 22 | 10.1 | 1113 | Butane | 800 | 790 ± 9.1 | 13.9 | 1435 |
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