Membrane reactor based hydrogen separation from biomass gas - A review of technical advancements and prospects

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Smith, Byron ^a   Shantha, Murthy Shekhar ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass gasification; Hydrogen enrichment and separation; Hydrogen separation reactor; Process integration

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; GASIFICATION; HYDROGEN; SYNTHESIS GAS;

BIOMASS GASIFICATION; HYDROGEN ENRICHMENT; HYDROGEN SEPARATION REACTOR; MEMBRANE REACTORS; PROCESS INTEGRATION;

BIOMASS;

EID: 35948986378     PISSN: 21945748     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.1450     Document Type: Review

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