Computational study of staged membrane reactor configurations for methane steam reforming. II. Effect of number of stages and catalyst amount

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 259-267

  Caravella, Alessio ^a   Di Maio, Francesco Paolo ^a   Di Renzo, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catalyst distribution; Methane steam reforming; Staged membrane reactor

Indexed keywords

CATALYST DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONVENTIONAL REACTORS; FURNACE TEMPERATURES; MEMBRANE REACTOR; METHANE STEAM REFORMING; STAGED CONFIGURATIONS;

BIOREACTORS; CATALYSTS; HEAT TREATING FURNACES; MEMBRANES; METHANE; TEMPERATURE;

STEAM REFORMING;

EID: 73549107901     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11960     Document Type: Article

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