Numerical investigation on the start-up of methane-fueled catalytic microreactors

Combustion and Flame

Volumn 157, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1400-1413

  Karagiannidis, Symeon ^a   Mantzaras, John ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Catalytic microreactors; Hetero homogeneous combustion; Surface radiation heat transfer; Transient simulation

Indexed keywords

A-PLANE; AXIAL HEAT CONDUCTION; CATALYTIC IGNITION; CATALYTIC MICROREACTORS; CATALYTIC REACTIVITY; DUAL ROLE; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FECR ALLOYS; FLOW DOMAINS; GAS PHASE CHEMISTRY; GAS-PHASE CHEMICAL REACTIONS; HEAT CAPACITIES; HOMOGENEOUS COMBUSTION; HOT SPOT; IGNITION TIME; INLET PRESSURES; INLET VELOCITY; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; METALLIC MATERIAL; MICRO-REACTOR; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PLATINUM CATALYSTS; SOLID MATERIAL; SOLID WALL; START-UP PROCESS; START-UPS; SURFACE RADIATION; TRANSIENT SIMULATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; WALL THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CATALYSTS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; COST REDUCTION; GAS EMISSIONS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; LEAKAGE (FLUID); METHANE; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; RADIATION; SILICATE MINERALS; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMOANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SURFACES;

METHANE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; MATERIAL COATING; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; REACTOR DESIGN; SOLID STATE; STEADY STATE; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 77952947825     PISSN: 00102180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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