Hydrogen production from methane reforming: Thermodynamic assessment and autothermal reactor design

Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 205-215

  Avila Neto C N ^a   Dantas, S C ^a   Silva, F A ^a   Franco, T V ^a   Romanielo, L L ^a   Hori, C E ^a   Assis, A J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical equilibrium; Hydrogen production; Methane reforming; Modeling and simulation; Process optimization; Scilab software

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LINEAR ALGEBRA; LINEAR EQUATIONS; METHANE; OPTIMIZATION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; OXYGEN; TEMPERATURE; THERMOANALYSIS;

AUTOTHERMAL REFORMING OF METHANE; CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; EQUILIBRIUM COMPOSITIONS; METHANE REFORMING; MODEL AND SIMULATION; OXYGEN-TO-CARBON RATIO; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC ASSESSMENT;

STEAM REFORMING;

EID: 75149128971     PISSN: 18755100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jngse.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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