Kinetic modeling of the production of hydrogen from the methanol-steam reforming process over Mn-promoted coprecipitated Cu-Al catalyst

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 3697-3708

  Idem, Raphael O ^a   Bakhshi, Narendra N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; METHANOL; REACTION KINETICS; REFORMING REACTIONS;

KINETIC MODELING; LANGMUIR-HINSHELWOOD APPROACH; METHANOL-STEAM REFORMING;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 0030186852     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(96)00008-5     Document Type: Article

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