A unified model for top fired methane steam reformers using three-dimensional zonal analysis

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 946-956

  Zamaniyan, Akbar ^a   Ebrahimi, Hadi ^b   Mohammadzadeh, Jafar S Soltan ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

^b SAHAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Methane steam reforming; Modeling; One dimensional heterogeneous model; Radiative heat transfer; Three dimensional zonal method

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFORMING REACTIONS;

METHANE STEAM REFORMING; ONE-DIMENSIONAL HETEROGENEOUS MODEL; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ZONAL METHOD;

METHANE;

HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; REFORMING REACTIONS;

EID: 39749158612     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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