METHOD FOR STEAM REFORMING REACTION USING MICROCAVITY RESONANCE AND APPARATUS FOR STEAM REFORMING REACTION USED IN THE SAME

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for a steam reforming reaction using microcavity resonance, by which the thermal efficiency can be drastically improved, thereby the energy necessary for the steam reforming reaction can be significantly reduced, the outlet temperature of a reaction area can be largely reduced, and as a result, a reaction apparatus can be simplified or small-sized; and to provide an apparatus for the steam reforming reaction. PSOLUTION: In the method for the steam reforming reaction using microcavity resonance, comprising subjecting a gaseous raw material containing a raw gas and steam to the steam reforming reaction by heating the gaseous raw material in the presence of a catalyst, the reaction area for reacting the gaseous raw material is formed of a microcavity where electromagnetic waves having wavelengths inherent in substances (electromagnetic waves having specified wave lengths) and causing interaction with the raw gas and/or steam resonate. Further, in the microcavity, an introducing port and an exhausting port for the gaseous raw material are provided and the catalyst is provided at the inside, and the raw gas and/or steam of the gaseous raw material fed into the microcavity, are heated by the electromagnetic waves having specified wave lengths, which resonate in the microcavity. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT