Experimental evaluation of indirect heating tubular reactors for solar methane pyrolysis

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rodat, Sylvain ^a   Abanades, Stéphane ^a   Flamant, Gilles ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon black; Concentrated solar energy; Hydrogen production; Methane pyrolysis; Natural gas; Plasma reactor; Solar reactor

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METHANE; PYROLYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; STEAM REFORMING;

CH 4; CONCENTRATED SOLAR ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; METHANE PYROLYSIS; PLASMA REACTORS; SOLAR REACTORS; SOLAR THERMAL; THERMAL PYROLYSIS; TUBULAR REACTORS; TUBULARS;

NATURAL GAS;

EID: 77249123578     PISSN: 21945748     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.2084     Document Type: Article

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