Combustion of hydrogen-air in micro combustors with catalytic Pt layer

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1127-1133

  Wang, Yang ^a   Zhou, Zhijun ^a   Yang, Weijuan ^a   Zhou, Junhu ^a   Liu, Jianzhong ^a   Wang, Zhihua ^a   Cen, Kefa ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Catalytic combustion; Hydrogen; Micro combustor; Stability limits

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA CERAMIC TUBES; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CATALYTIC COMBUSTION; CATALYTIC COMBUSTORS; FLAMMABILITY LIMITS; HEAT RECIRCULATION; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; HIGH POWER DENSITY; HOMOGENEOUS REACTION; INNER DIAMETERS; KEY COMPONENT; LEAN MIXTURES; MASS DIFFUSION; MICRO COMBUSTOR; MICRO POWER GENERATOR; NON-CATALYTIC; NUMERIC SIMULATION; OPERATION CONDITIONS; OUTER DIAMETERS; STABILITY LIMIT; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ALUMINA; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; COMBUSTION; HYDROGEN; PLATINUM; SMOKE; STABILITY;

COMBUSTORS;

EID: 77649275846     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.12.021     Document Type: Article

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