Hydrogen generation in a reverse-flow microreactor: 1. Model formulation and scaling

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2254-2264

  Kaisare, Niket S ^a   Lee, Jay H ^a   Fedorov, Andrei G ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen for fuel cells; Partial oxidation; Radiation; Reverse flow reactor; Time scale analysis

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN FOR FUEL CELLS; PARTIAL OXIDATION; REVERSE-FLOW REACTOR; TIME SCALE ANALYSIS;

FLOW MEASUREMENT; FUEL CELLS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN; OXIDATION; RADIATION;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

MODEL; REACTOR; REVERSE FLOW; SCALING;

EID: 24944472620     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10492     Document Type: Article

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