The use of supercritical endothermic fuel

Abstract

Endothermic reactions as a method of cooling are considered by many researchers due to the necessity of removal and recovery of large heat fluxes. The main applications of endothermic fuels technology are considered hypersonic aircraft. The increased interest in hydrogen energy, already implemented in specific technical developments, is pushing for consideration of existing developments not only in the spectrum of highly specialized technology of thermal protection, but also in as the hydrogen energy technology. It is proposed the use of endothermic catalytic steam reforming reaction of hydrocarbon fuel in a supercritical state. Summarizes the results achieved in detail both theoretically and experimentally investigated thermal and chemical aspects of the implementation of technology in terms of low pressure in the gaseous or liquid reagents in the light of the supercritical state of the reactants. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.