Hydrogen generation in a reverse-flow microreactor: 2. Simulation and analysis

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2265-2272

  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

Hydrocarbon processing; Process; Reactor analysis; Simulation

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON PROCESSING; PROCESS; REACTOR ANALYSIS;

FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN; OXIDATION; SIMULATION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; REACTOR; REVERSE FLOW;

EID: 24944582474     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10493     Document Type: Article

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