The use of OCM reactors for ignition enhancement of natural gas combustion for practical applications: Reactor design aspects

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 6637-6645

  Langille, Jeffrey A ^a   Pasale, Jay ^a   Ren, Jyh Yih ^a   Egolfopoulos, Fokion N ^a   Tsotsis, Theodore T ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Ignition; Laminar flames; Methane oxidative coupling; Premixed flames

Indexed keywords

IGNITION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; JETS; NATURAL GAS; PACKED BEDS;

LAMINAR FLAMES; METHANE OXIDATIVE COUPLING; PREMIXED FLAMES;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; IGNITION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; JETS; NATURAL GAS; PACKED BEDS;

EID: 33748062358     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.06.017     Document Type: Article

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