Economics of the clean fuel hydrogen in a novel autothermal reforming process

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4834-4840

  Chen, Zhongxiang ^a   Elnashaie, Said S E H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTHERMAL REFORMING; CLEAN FUEL HYDROGEN; FLUIDIZED-BED MEMBRANE REFORMER; HYDROGEN COSTS;

COSTS; HYDROGEN FUELS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; METHANE; SPECIFICATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FUEL ECONOMY;

FUEL CELL;

EID: 22444436382     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0504295     Document Type: Article

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