Plasma Catalytic Reforming of Natural Gas

In this paper, recent results of plasma processing of natural gas are described. The use of a plasma reformer for the generation of hydrogen rich gas from natural gas has been investigated. In an accompanying paper, progress in plasma reforming of diesel fuel is described. The reformate composition has been investigated as a function of the initial mixture of air and methane. High methane conversion, near 100%, was obtained at relatively low values of plasmatron power. Soon-to-be-implements improvements in the overall reformer, including multiple heat exchanger for efficient thermal management and multiple water shift reactors, are described. 1