Abstract
Experimental and numerical analysis of methanol steam reforming for fuel cell has been done. The reforming catalyst was supported by metal honeycomb to decrease the heat capacity. Conversion performances were improved by segmenting the catalyst into several blocks due to the enhancement of mixture of gases and heat transfer at the front edges of the segmenting catalyst. Numerical simulation model for methanol steam reforming catalyst was developed by changing chemical reactions in the model for exhaust catalyst of internal combustion engine and using a smaller mass transfer coefficient for methanol steam reforming.
