Autothermal reforming of methanol in a mini-reactor for a miniature fuel cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 15 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 3327-3334

  Mu, Xin ^a,b   Pan, Liwei ^a   Liu, Na ^a,b   Zhang, Chunxi ^a   Li, Shiying ^a   Sun, Gongquan ^a   Wang, Shudong ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

ATR; Hydrogen production; Mini reactor; Miniature fuel cell

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; FLOW RATE; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; REFORMING REACTIONS;

AUTOTHERMAL REFORMING; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; PREHEATING CHAMBERS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

METHANOL;

EID: 35248899384     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2007.04.028     Document Type: Article

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