Hydrogen production in a thermal plasma hydrogen reformer using ethanol steam reforming

Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Transactions of the Chinese Institute of Engineers,Series A/Chung-kuo Kung Ch'eng Hsuch K'an

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 417-425

  Tsai, Huan Liang ^a   Wang, Chi Sheng ^a   Lee, Chien Hsiung ^b  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ethanol steam reforming; Thermal plasma reformer; Thermodynamic equilibrium prediction

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; STEAM; THERMOANALYSIS;

ETHANOL STEAM REFORMING; FLOW RATIOS; OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE CONTROLS; PRE-CONCENTRATOR; THERMAL PLASMA; THERMAL PLASMA REFORMER; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA;

STEAM REFORMING;

EID: 44949107266     PISSN: 02533839     EISSN: 21587299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02533839.2008.9671396     Document Type: Article

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