Batch reactors for hydrogen production: Theoretical analysis and experimental characterization

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5610-5623

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

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS-FLOW REACTORS; DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HYDROGEN PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; MASS TRANSPORT LIMITATION; MODES OF OPERATION; OPERATING PRESSURE; OPERATING STATE; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; POWER OUT PUT; PREDICTIVE VALUES; PRESSURE MODES; PRESSURE REACTORS; RATE-LIMITING PROCESS; REACTION CHAMBERS; REACTOR MODELS; REACTOR PERFORMANCE; RESIDENCE TIME; SPECIES CONCENTRATION; SYSTEM DESIGN; TEST REACTOR; TRANSIENT EVOLUTION; VOLUME MODES;

GAS PRODUCERS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

BATCH REACTORS;

EID: 67649628611     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie8015126     Document Type: Article

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