Optimum washcoat thickness of a monolith reactor for syngas production by partial oxidation of methane

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1761-1770

  Stutz, Michael J ^a   Poulikakos, Dimos ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Hydrogen; Microreactor; Modeling; Partial oxidation; Reformer; Syngas; Washcoat thickness

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYNTHESIS GAS;

MICROREACTOR; PARTIAL OXIDATION; WASHCOAT THICKNESS;

METHANE;

DIFFUSION; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; SYNTHESIS GAS;

EID: 40849114522     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.11.032     Document Type: Article

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