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Overview of Early-Stage Microchannel Reactor Development at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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OSTI ID:895467
Investigation of microchannel reactors at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) began in the mid 1990s. During the half decade leading to 2000, many concurrent challenges were faced involving device design, catalyst development, and fabrication methods. Microchannel reactor development efforts at PNNL were focused on solving applied problems, including vaporization of hydrocarbon fuels and their steam reforming for fuel processing. Efforts at PNNL also focused on the development of engineered catalysts based on structured metal substrates and device fabrication using diffusion-bonded metal sheets.
Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US), Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
895467
Report Number(s):
PNWD-SA-7125; 17504
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English