Development of a numerical model for natural gas steam reforming and coupling with a furnace model

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 9776-9787

  Ventura, C ^a   Azevedo, J L T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Computational Fluid Dynamics; Numerical simulation; Steam reforming

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY TEMPERATURE; C LANGUAGE; CROSS SECTION; FURNACE MODEL; GAS SPECIES; MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE; MODEL RESULTS; MULTIPLE PASSAGE; NATURAL-GAS STEAM REFORMING; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OR CHANNELS; REFORMER PERFORMANCE; STEAM REFORMER; STEAM REFORMING; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TUBULAR REACTORS; USER-DEFINED FUNCTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FURNACES; NUMERICAL METHODS; REFORMING REACTIONS; STEAM; STEAM ENGINEERING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 77956179672     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.05.060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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