Numerical and experimental fluid-dynamic analysis to improve the mass transfer performances of Pd-Ag membrane modules for hydrogen purification

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 9300-9309

  Coroneo, Mirella ^a   Montante, Giuseppina ^a   Paglianti, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFD CODES; CFD METHOD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL FLUIDS; FINITE VOLUME; FLUID FLOW; GAS SEPARATION MEMBRANE; GAS VELOCITY; GEOMETRIC OPTIMIZATION; HYDROGEN PURIFICATION; LABORATORY SCALE; MASS TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE MODULE; METHANE STEAM REFORMING; MODULE SEPARATION; NONIDEAL FLOWS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PDAG MEMBRANE; PILOT SCALE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUIDS; METHANE; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PALLADIUM; STEAM ENGINEERING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 77957599268     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100840z     Document Type: Article

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