Homogeneous vs. catalytic combustion of lean methane-air mixtures in reverse-flow reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 5010-5019

  Gosiewski, Krzysztof ^a,c   Matros, Yurii Sh ^b   Warmuzinski, Krzysztof ^c   Jaschik, Manfred ^c   Tanczyk, Marek ^c  

^a JAN DLUGOSZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Matros Technologies   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Catalytic combustion; Homogeneous combustion; Methane combustion; Regenerative combustion; Reverse flow reactors; Thermal oxidation

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; COMBUSTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; KINETIC THEORY; METHANE; PELLETIZING; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY; VENTILATION;

AUTO-THERMAL; AUTOTHERMAL OPERATION; BED REACTORS; CATALYTIC COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENTS; EUROPEAN; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW-REVERSAL REACTORS; HIGH HEAT CAPACITY; HOMOGENEOUS COMBUSTION; KINETIC EQUATIONS; KINETIC STUDIES; LABORATORY SET-UP; METHANE COMBUSTION; METHANE-AIR MIXTURES; MONOLITHIC REACTORS; REGENERATIVE COMBUSTION; REVERSE-FLOW REACTORS; THERMAL OXIDATION;

REVERSE COMBUSTION;

EID: 50149093664     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.09.013     Document Type: Article

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