Reformer

Quick meaning: Reformer is a noun meaning One who reforms, or who works for reform.

Meaning

One who reforms, or who works for reform.

More Meanings

1. (chemical engineering, fuel cells) A device which converts hydrocarbons into a hydrogen-rich mixture of gases.
2. (petrochemistry) A device used to convert petroleum refinery naphthas, typically having low octane ratings, into high-octane liquid products called reformates.
3. (historical, Christianity) One who was involved in the Reformation.

Example Sentences

[…] for I long to ſee a larke without a creaſt, and would travaile farre to diſcoover a reformer without a fault, […]

Deisohexanizer bottoms are routed to the continuous reformer, where the octane of the stream is upgraded chiefly by conversion of naphthenes and paraffins to high octane aromatic compounds.

Among the frontrunners before the conclave began were Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state; Luis Antonio Tagle, a reformer from the Philippines; Péter Erdő, a traditionalist from Hungary; Robert Sarah, a cardinal from Guinea who criticised Francis’s papacy; and the moderate US cardinal Robert Prevost.

The fuel reformer works somewhat like catalytic converters in cars. In the gasoline reformer, vaporized gasoline is mixed with steam and air before traveling through a cylinder packed with the new Argonne catalyst. The result is a hydrogen-rich gas that is further processed in subsequent chemical steps and is then fed to the fuel cell.

Word Forms

• reformers

Synonyms for reformer

Depending on context, synonyms include crusader, meliorist, reformist, resister.

Antonyms for reformer

Common opposites include traditionalist.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reformist, crusader, meliorist, resister, reformed, reformation.

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