An operability level coefficient (OLC) as a useful tool for correlating the performance of membrane reactors

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 151, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 351-358

  Oyama, S Ted ^a   Lim, Hankwon ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversion enhancement; Correlation; Damk hler number; Hydrogen; Modeling; Operability level coefficient; Peclet number; Reforming; Simulation; Yield enhancement

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION; MODELING; OPERABILITY LEVEL COEFFICIENT; REFORMING; SIMULATION; YIELD ENHANCEMENT;

BIOREACTORS; E-LEARNING; ETHANOL; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METHANE; METHANOL; PECLET NUMBER; STEAM; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

REFORMING REACTIONS;

EID: 65649083813     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.04.017     Document Type: Article

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