Objective The fuel most likely to be used in fuel cell driven cars is methanol. ItThe main experimental tasks will be: 1. Catalysts formulation for methanol steam reformer and carbon monoxide methanation: selective methanation will be preferred to partial oxidation of CO. A number of new formulations will be characterized and tested. 2. Mathematical modelling of the whole system 3. Optimization of components: instruments, control system and system lay-out, to reach compact and light reformer with fast response time. 4. Test runs at transient and steady state conditions. 5. Validation of the simulator: the data obtained with the reformer test runs and single components performances will be interpreted by the simulator and converted into information for further optimization. The real-time simulator will be a modular package developed by ARI from a commercial mathematical code to facilitate modelling of the dynamics of methanol reformer system. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemsnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryinorganic compoundsnatural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryalcoholsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfuel cellsnatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsmathematical model Programme(s) FP3-JOULE 2 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 040302 - Fuel cell and battery driven electrical vehicles Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator ANSALDO RICERCHE SPA* Address Corso perrone 25 16152 Genova Italy See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all STAZIONE SPERIMENTALE PER I COMBUSTIBILI SPA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Viale alcide de gasperi 3 20097 San donato milanese See on map Tecnologie Avanzate, Ricerca e Sviluppo SrL Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via pionieri del commercio barese 70123 Bari See on map UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK Ireland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Plassey technological park 61 Limerick See on map Universidad de Barcelona Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Zona universitaria de pedralbes 08028 Barcelona See on map
