High-pressure experiments and modeling of methane/air catalytic combustion for power-generation applications

Catalysis Today

Volumn 83, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 157-170

  Carroni, Richard ^a   Griffin, Timothy ^a   Mantzaras, John ^b   Reinke, Michael ^b  

^a ALSTOM SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Catalytically stabilized combustion; Gas turbines

Indexed keywords

AIR; CATALYSTS; COMBUSTION; GAS TURBINES; METHANE;

CATALYTIC COMBUSTION;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 0042130549     PISSN: 09205861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-5861(03)00226-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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