CO-free hydrogen production by ethanol steam reforming in a Pd-Ag membrane reactor

Fuel Cells

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-68

  Basile, A ^a   Gallucci, F ^a   Iulianelli, A ^a   Tosti, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethanol steam reforming; Hydrogen production; Membrane reactor; Pd dense membrane; PEMFC

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; ETHANOL; GAS FUEL MANUFACTURE; GAS PRODUCERS; HYDROGEN; NONMETALS; PALLADIUM; RATE CONSTANTS; SILVER; STEAM; STEAM ENGINEERING;

COUNTER CURRENTS; ETHANOL CONVERSIONS; ETHANOL STEAM REFORMING; FEED MOLAR RATIOS; HYDROGEN RECOVERIES; HYDROGEN YIELDS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MEMBRANE REACTORS; MOLAR RATIOS; PD DENSE MEMBRANE; PEMFC; REACTION PRESSURES; SWEEP GAS FLOW RATES; TEMPERATURE RANGES;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 48149102371     PISSN: 16156846     EISSN: 16156854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fuce.200700018     Document Type: Article

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