Application of Concurrent Development Practices to Petrochemical Equipment Design

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dc.contributor.authorLomax, Franklin Delanoen
dc.contributor.committeechairNelson, Douglas J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEllis, Michael W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberVandsburger, Urien
dc.contributor.committeememberLiu, Y. A.en
dc.contributor.committeemembervon Spakovsky, Michael R.en
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:08:45Zen
dc.date.adate2001-04-06en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:08:45Zen
dc.date.issued2001-03-16en
dc.date.rdate2006-03-16en
dc.date.sdate2001-04-02en
dc.description.abstractPrinciples of concurrent development are applied to the design of a small-scale device for converting natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas into hydrogen. The small hydrogen generator is intended for serial production for application in the production of industrial hydrogen, fueling stationary fuel cell power systems and refueling hydrogen-fueled fuel cell electric vehicles. The concurrent development process is contrasted with the traditional, linear development process for petrochemical systems and equipment, and the design is benchmarked against existing small hydrogen generators as well as industrial hydrogen production apparatus. A novel system and hardware design are described, and a single cycle of concurrent development is applied in the areas of catalyst development, thermodynamic optimization, and reactor modeling and design. The impact of applying concurrent development techniques is assessed through economic modeling, and directions for future development work are identified.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-04022001-175519en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04022001-175519/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/26587en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartFinalSubmission.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjecthydrogenen
dc.subjectsteam reformeren
dc.subjectconcurrent engineeringen
dc.subjectfuel cellen
dc.titleApplication of Concurrent Development Practices to Petrochemical Equipment Designen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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