The film boiling reactor: A new environment for chemical processing

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2582-2595

  Urban, Bryan J ^a,c   Avedisian, C Thomas ^a   Tsang, Wing ^b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Chemical reaction; Conversion; Film boiling; Fuel cells; Heat transfer; Hydrogen production; Mass transfer; Nucleation; Transport

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION; FILM BOILING; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; TRANSPORT;

CATALYSIS; FUEL CELLS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN; MASS TRANSFER; NUCLEATE BOILING; NUCLEATION;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FUEL CELLS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN; MASS TRANSFER; NUCLEATE BOILING; NUCLEATION;

EID: 33745750480     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10839     Document Type: Article

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