From seconds to milliseconds to microseconds through tailored microchannel reactor design of a steam methane reformer

Catalysis Today

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-29

  Tonkovich, Anna Lee Y ^a   Yang, Bin ^a   Perry, Steven T ^a   Fitzgerald, Sean P ^a   Wang, Yong ^b  

^a Velocys Inc   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Microchannel reactor design; Millisecond reaction, Microsecond reaction; Steam methane reformer

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFORMING REACTIONS; STEAM; SYNTHESIS GAS;

MICROCHANNEL REACTORS; MICROSECOND REACTION; MILLISECOND REACTION; STEAM METHANE REFORMERS; STEAM METHANE REFORMING (SMR);

METHANE;

EID: 33750632698     PISSN: 09205861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2006.07.022     Document Type: Article

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