Modeling of a metal monolith catalytic reactor for methane steam reforming-combustion coupling

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 4294-4303

  Mei, Hong ^a   Li, Chengyue ^a   Ji, Shengfu ^a   Liu, Hui ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Autothermal coupling; Catalytic reactors; Mathematical modeling; Monolith catalyst; Parameter analysis; Performance simulation

Indexed keywords

AUTOTHERMAL COUPLING; CATALYTIC REACTORS; MONOLITH CATALYST; PARAMETER ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE SIMULATION;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMBUSTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMBUSTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 34447306863     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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