Comparative assessment of batch reactors for scalable hydrogen production

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 4665-4674

  Damm, David L ^a   Fedorov, Andrei G ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENTS; NEW CONCEPT; VARIABLE VOLUME;

GAS FUEL MANUFACTURE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NONMETALS;

BATCH REACTORS;

EID: 48849093729     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800294y     Document Type: Article

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