Development of a methane steam reformer using an electrically heated alumite catalyst: Start-up performance investigated by the numerical and experimental analysis

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 487-496

  Zhang, Qi ^a   Guo, Yu ^a   Zhou, Lu ^a   Sakurai, Makoto ^a   Kameyama, Hideo ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrically heated alumite catalyst; Methane steam reformer; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC MODELS; ELECTRIC HEATING; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER;

ELECTRICALLY HEATED ALUMITE CATALYST; METHANE STEAM REFORMER; QUICK RESPONSE;

CATALYSTS;

CATALYSTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC MODELS; ELECTRIC HEATING; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 34250818179     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.40.487     Document Type: Article

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