Modeling of autothermal steam methane reforming in a fluidized bed membrane reactor

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Dogan, Meltem ^a   Posarac, Dusko ^b   Grace, John ^b   Adris, Alaa Eldin M ^c   Lim, C Jim ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Membrane Reactor Technologies Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluidization; Hydrogen; Membrane reactor; Methane; Steam methane reforming

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BIOREACTORS; COATED MATERIALS; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METHANE; OXYGEN; REFORMING REACTIONS; STEAM;

FLUIDIZED BED MEMBRANE REACTOR; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; HYDROGEN YIELDS; IMMERSED MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE REACTOR; REACTOR TEMPERATURES; SEPARATION MATERIALS; STEAM-TO-CARBON RATIO;

STEAM REFORMING;

EID: 0038402352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.1000     Document Type: Article

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