等离子体法制氢的研究进展

Progress in Hydrogen Generation Using Plasmas

本文讨论了利用等离子体从各种含氢原料中制氢所表现出的特异性能。当使用天然气为原料大规模制氢时 ,等离子体法的高能量密度可以极大地减少催化剂的使用和缩小生产空间 ;当用其他碳氢化合物为原料制氢时 ,等离子体法可以提高系统的灵活性、多变性 ,尤其在车载制氢上。等离子体发生源的多样性和等离子体转换器宽裕的设计空间可为降低能耗提供坚实的发展基础。

The special performance of hydrogen generation using plasmas from various feedstocks is discussed. For a large scale of hydrogen production from natural gas, plasma technology can eliminate the use of catalysts and shrink the reactor space, with its high input power density. For a small scale of hydrogen production from other hydrocarbons, using plasma can increase the flexibility of the whole system, especially in the case of on-board hydrogen generation. A variety of plasma resources for the design of a plasma reformer will give many options to reduce the power consumption.