Heat removal from reverse flow reactors used in methane combustion

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 695-704

  Balaji, Sukumar ^a   Lakshminarayanan, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Heat extraction; Logic based control; Methane combustion; Reverse flow reactor; Side feeding

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; COMBUSTION; HEAT TRANSFER; IGNITION; METHANE;

HEAT EXTRACTION; LOGIC BASED CONTROL; METHANE COMBUSTION; REVERSE FLOW REACTORS; SIDE FEEDING;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

COMBUSTION; HEAT EXCHANGER; METHANE; REVERSE FLOW;

EID: 27344456506     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450830410     Document Type: Article

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