Methane pyrolysis: Thermodynamics

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 815-827

  Guéret, Christophe ^a   Daroux, Michel ^b   Billaud, Francis ^b  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

chemical equilibria; Gibbs energy; high temperatures; Methane; pyrolysis; thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; BENZENE; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ENTHALPY; ETHYLENE; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIA; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM;

METHANE;

EID: 0031106544     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(96)00444-7     Document Type: Article

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