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Title: Proceedings of the workshop on hydrocarbon processing mixing and scale-up problems. [Fuels processing for fuel cells]

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6678204

A workshop was convened by the Division of Fossil Fuel Utilization of the US Department of Energy in cooperation with the Particulate and Multiphase Process Program of the National Science Foundation to identify needs for fundamental engineering support for the design of chemical reactors for processing heavy hydrocarbon liquids. The problems associated with dispersing liquid hydrocarbons in a reacting gas and mixing within the gas phase are of primary concern. The transactions of the workshop begin with an introduction to the immediate goals of the Department of Energy. Fuel cell systems and current research and development are reviewed. Modeling of combustion and the problems of soot formation and deposits in hydrocarbon fuels are next considered. The fluid mechanics of turbulent mixing and its effect on chemical reactions are then presented. Current experimental work and process development provide an update on the present state-of-the-art.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31-109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
6678204
Report Number(s):
ANL-80-56; CONF-781276-
Resource Relation:
Conference: Workshop on hydrocarbon processing mixing and scale-up problems, Washington, DC, USA, 13 Dec 1978
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English