Hydrogen Production Technology using Shock Wave

Abstract

To produce hydrogen-contained gas from carbonaceous or hydro-carbon materials, such as waste plastic, heavy oil and so on, shock wave reactor was expected to enhance steam reforming with waste steam. Basic experiments were examined to using a converging-type shock wave reactor in which either nitrogen or helium was used as a driving gas instead of waste steam. The main results obtained from these experiments are as follows : (1)Hydrogen-contained gas can be produced from hydro-carbon materials by using shock wave. (2) Amount of produced hydrogen-contained gas strongly depends on initial gas temperature in a reactor.