Total combustion of propane in a catalytic microchannel combustor

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-96

  Men, Y ^a   Kolb, G ^a   Zapf, R ^a   Pennemann, H ^a   Hessel, V ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous catalysis; Microchannel reactor; Noble metals; Oxidation; Propane combustion

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST DEACTIVATION; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; CATALYSTS; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; MICROCHANNELS; MOLYBDENUM; OXYGEN; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; PLATINUM METALS; PRECIOUS METALS; PROPANE; RHODIUM; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS; TUNGSTEN;

CATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; CATALYTIC MICROCHANNELS; FEED RATIOS; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; INHIBITION EFFECTS; METAL LOADINGS; METAL OXIDES; MICROCHANNEL REACTOR; NOBLE METALS; PLATINUM CATALYSTS; PROPANE COMBUSTION; REACTION CONDITIONS; REACTION TEMPERATURES; RHODIUM CATALYSTS; SHORT TIMES; SPACE VELOCITIES; SUPPORTED CATALYSTS; TEMPERATURE RANGES; TRANSITION METAL OXIDE ADDITIVES;

CATALYST SUPPORTS;

EID: 57649098148     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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