Applicability of a double-membrane reactor for thermal decomposition of water: A computer analysis

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 273-280

  Omorjan, R P ^a   Paunovic, R N ^a   Tekic, M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Double membrane configuration; Membrane reactor; Modeling; Plug flow; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN; ISOTHERMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; PYROLYSIS; SEPARATION;

DAMKOHLER NUMBER; DOUBLE-MEMBRANE REACTORS; PLUG FLOW; WATER SPLITTING;

WATER;

HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; WATER;

MEMBRANE; SEPARATION; WATER;

ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE; VACUUM;

EID: 0344958787     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(98)00291-9     Document Type: Article

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