A simulation study of the effect of operating and design parameters on the performance of a water gas shift membrane reactor

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 350, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 378-386

  Boutikos, Panagiotis ^a   Nikolakis, Vladimiros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Membrane reactor; Reactor design; Water gas shift

Indexed keywords

CO CONVERSION; DESIGN PARAMETERS; ISOTHERMAL TUBE; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MOLAR FRACTIONS; PERMEATION FLUXES; PERMSELECTIVITIES; RATE EXPRESSION; REACTION MECHANISM; REACTOR PERFORMANCE; RELATIVE VALUE; RETENTATE; SELECTIVE MEMBRANES; SHELL REACTORS; SIMULATION STUDIES; WATER-GAS SHIFTS;

BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL SHIFT; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; PERMEATION; REACTION RATES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR DESIGN; SIMULATION; WATER GAS SHIFT;

EID: 76849099828     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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