AMMONIA-BASED HYDROGEN GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING SAME.

摘要

A hydrogen generation apparatus employs a thermocatalytic reactor formed of a top plate, a bottom plate, and a reactor core disposed between the top and bottom plates. The reactor core has a reaction surface and a combustion surface, each surface having a raised periphery defining opposing ends and opposing sides. The reaction surface and the top plate together define a reaction chamber and the combustion surface and the bottom plate together define a combustion chamber. The reaction core has a first set of a plurality of spaced apart, substantially straight radiating fins extending from the reaction surface and a second set of a plurality of spaced apart, substantially straight radiating fins extending from the combustion surface. The first set of fins defining a plurality of combustion channels, while the second set of fins define a plurality of reaction channels running parallel to the opposing sides and is spaced apart from the opposing ends.