dr. Marko Hrovat, Electronic Ceramic Department , Jozef Stefan Institute
October 15, 2007 - October 15, 2010
Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Slovenia
The project "Kerapro" is focused to the design of miniature fuel reformer, used to produce hydrogen by
reforming of logistic fuel, such as diesel and methanol. Reformer represents a hydrogen supply for fuel
cell with electric power of a few hundreds of Watts. Reformer in connection with fuel cell represents a
miniature and portable electric source, which uses logistic fuel, water and air as input consumables.
The design goal is to achieve energy density higher than in case of modern rechargeable batteries. Further
expected benefits are silent operation and low thermal footprint. In the project only the reformer is designed,
while fuel cell is outside the scope of the project. The system can be used as energy source in various military
applications and generally in all cases, where there is a demand for portable and autonomous electric energy source.
Main system components represent catalytic reforming reactor, vaporizer, catalytic burner/heater and control
system with sensors and devices for dosage of input reactants. Reformer will be implemented as a monolith LTCC
ceramic structure. Structure will be designed and fabricated by the Electronic Ceramic Department
(Jozef Stefan Institute) and the company Hipot. National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia is in charge for
the development of optimal catalyst for reforming as well as for the process of the deposition of the
catalyst to the ceramic surface. The Department of Systems and Control (Jozef Stefan Institute) prepared
integrated experimental environment for testing of the reformer components and it is also in charge for
the development of the control system.
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