Modeling of methane steam reforming in a microchannel with a heat flow distributed in length

Journal of Engineering Thermophysics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-59

  Kuznetsov, V V ^a   Kozlov, S P ^a  

^a KUTATELADZE INSTITUTE OF THERMOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Catalytic reaction; Chemical conversions; Heat and mass transfer; Methane steam reforming; Microchannel

Indexed keywords

EID: 41049115761     PISSN: 18102328     EISSN: 19905432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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