DFT study on pathways of steam reforming of ethanol under cold plasma conditions for hydrogen generation

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1951-1956

  Wang, Wenju ^a   Zhu, Chunying ^b   Cao, Yingyu ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DFT; Ethanol; Hydrogen; Plasma; Steam reforming

Indexed keywords

COLD PLASMA CONDITIONS; DFT STUDY; ETHANOL HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; METHOXY; MULTI-STEP; NEUTRAL MOLECULES; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; STEAM REFORMING; STEAM REFORMING OF ETHANOL; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

ALDEHYDES; BUTANE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISSOCIATION; ETHANE; ETHANOL; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; METHANE; MODULATION; NEGATIVE IONS; PLASMA THEORY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STEAM; STEAM ENGINEERING; THERMODYNAMICS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 75349086639     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.12.170     Document Type: Article

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