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- Title
Design of LTCC-based Ceramic Structure for Chemical Microreactor.
- Authors
Belavic, Darko; Hrovat, Marko; Dolanc, Gregor; Zarnik, Marina Santo; Holc, Janez; Makarovic, Kostja
- Abstract
The design of ceramic chemical microreactor for the production of hydrogen needed in portable polymer-electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells is presented. The microreactor was developed for the steam reforming of liquid fuels with water into hydrogen. The complex three-dimensional ceramic structure of the microreactor includes evaporator(s), mixer(s), reformer and combustor. Low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) technology was used to fabricate the ceramic structures with buried cavities and channels, and thick-film technology was used to make electrical heaters, temperature sensors and pressure sensors. The final 3D ceramic structure consists of 45 LTCC tapes. The dimensions of the structure are 75 x 41 x 9 mm³ and the weight is about 73 g.
- Subjects
LOW Temperature Cofired Ceramic technology; MICROREACTORS; HYDROGEN production; PROTON exchange membrane fuel cells; DIMENSIONS; WEIGHT (Physics)
- Publication
Radioengineering, 2012, Vol 21, Issue 1, p195
- ISSN
1210-2512
- Publication type
Article