Hydrogen Production and Carbon Formation during the Steam Reformer of Heptane in a Novel Circulating Fluidized Bed Membrane Reformer

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1323-1333

  Chen, Zhongxiang ^a   Yan, Yibin ^a   Elnashaie, Said S E H ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST DEACTIVATION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDROGEN; REFORMING REACTIONS; STEAM;

ADIABATIC REFORMERS; CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED MEMBRANE REFORMERS (CFBMR);

HEPTANE;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEPTANE; HYDROGEN; NICKEL; OXYGEN;

CARBON; FLUIDIZED BED; HEPTANE; HYDROGEN; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; MEMBRANE; STEAM REFORMING;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; FLUIDIZED BED; GASIFICATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; SYNTHESIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 1542328138     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie034198i     Document Type: Article

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