Feasibility of the direct generation of hydrogen for fuel-cell-powered vehicles by on-board steam reforming of naphtha

Fuel

Volumn 83, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 409-417

  Darwish, Naif A ^a   Hilal, Nidal ^b   Versteeg, Geert ^c   Heesink, Bert ^c  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gas hourly space velocity; Liquid hourly space velocity; Steam to carbon ratio

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; DESULFURIZATION; FUEL CELLS; METHANATION; NAPHTHAS; REFORMING REACTIONS;

FUEL-CELL POWERED VEHICLES; STEAM REFORMING;

HYDROGEN FUELS;

EID: 0345308626     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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