Computational fluid dynamic modeling of a chemical vapor synthesis process for aluminum nanopowder as a hydrogen storage precursor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 215-225

  Sohn, H Y ^a   Perez Fontes, Silvia ^a   Choi, Jin Won ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Chemical vapor synthesis; Computational fluid dynamics modeling; Hydrogen storage; Nanopowder; Nucleation and growth

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM NANOPOWDERS; ALUMINUM POWDERS; AVERAGE SIZE; CHEMICAL VAPOR SYNTHESIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUID FLOW; HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIALS; NANO POWDERS; NANO-SIZED; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; PARTICLE FORMATION AND GROWTH; POPULATION BALANCE MODELS;

ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN STORAGE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUCLEATION; REACTION RATES; VAPORS; VENDING MACHINES;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 72049085766     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.10.044     Document Type: Article

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