Review of Developments in Portable Hydrogen Production Using Microreactor Technology

摘要

Technology advancements over time have enabled developments in electronics to move us into a microelectronics age.Remarkable achievements have increased functionality while making devices smaller.Each decrease in device size has resulted in greater quality and efficiency.However,as new functionalities are added,power consumption rises alarmingly.Until recently,primary and secondary batteries have been the sole autonomous energy storage solution for these devices,but new and innovative approaches,ranging from microscale rotary engines to thermal electric generators implanted in microscale com-bustors,are laying the groundwork for alternative technologies that generate electric power from hydrocarbon fuels.One innovative way to utilize the stored energy in hydrocarbon fuels is to strip the hydrogen from its compounds and feed it to a fuel cell,producing electricity.