IV.F.3 Microchannel Reformate Cleanup: Water Gas Shift and Preferential Oxidation

Objectives • Apply microchannel architectures to reduce size and weight, improve fuel efficiency, and enhance operation of fuel processors for transportation and stationary fuel cell power systems. • Pursue microchannel advantages for CO cleanup, focusing on water gas shift (WGS) and preferential oxidation (PROX) reactors. – Demonstrate 90% conversion of CO in a single-stage WGS reactor that scales to less than three liters at full scale (50 kWe). – Evaluate the potential importance of microchannel architectures in reducing the size and weight and improving performance of PROX reactors.