Methane partial oxidation reverse flow reactor scale up and optimization

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 5501-5509

  Dobrego, K V ^a   Gnezdilov, N N ^a   Lee, S H ^b   Choi, H K ^b  

^a A V LUIKOV HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER INSTITUTE   (Belarus)

^b Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Filtration combustion; Hydrogen; Methane partial oxidation; Numerical simulation; Optimization; Scale up; Synthesis gas

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTERS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; METHANE; OXIDATION; POROUS MATERIALS;

FILTRATION COMBUSTION; HYDROGEN; METHANE PARTIAL OXIDATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; SCALE UP; SYNTHESIS GAS;

REVERSE COMBUSTION;

EID: 53449097937     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.06.071     Document Type: Article

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