Feeding of oxygen along the height of a circulating fast fluidized bed membrane reactor for efficient production of hydrogen

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 85, Issue 11 A, 2007, Pages 1529-1538

  Abashar, M E E ^a   Elnashaie, S S E H ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulating fluidized bed; Hydrogen; Mathematical modelling; Membranes; Steam reforming

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; OXYGEN; REMOVAL; SEPARATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

CIRCULATING FAST FLUIDIZED BED MEMBRANE REACTOR; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; OXYGEN; REMOVAL; SEPARATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 36549007529     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd07065     Document Type: Article

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