Oxygen feed membranes in autothermal steam-reformers - A robust temperature control

Fuel

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1257-1264

  Hüppmeier, Jens ^a   Barg, Suelen ^a   Baune, Michael ^a   Koch, Dietmar ^a   Grathwohl, Georg ^a   Thöming, Jorg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autothermal steam reforming; HAPES; Hot spot; Oxygen feed membrane; Temperature peak

Indexed keywords

AUTO-THERMAL; CONVERSION RATES; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FEED GAS; HOT SPOT; MEMBRANE TEMPERATURE; OPEN POROSITY; OPTIMAL RESULTS; PROCESSING ROUTE; SMALL-SCALE APPLICATIONS; SOLUTION APPROACH; SPATIAL TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; STEAM REFORMING; TEMPERATURE PEAKS;

CAPILLARITY; CERAMIC MEMBRANES; OXYGEN; REFORMING REACTIONS; STEAM;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 77949917298     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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