Counter-current membrane reactor for WGS process: Membrane design

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 12609-12617

  Piemonte, Vincenzo ^a   De Falco, Marcello ^b   Favetta, Barbara ^a   Basile, Angelo ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Mathematical modelling; Membrane reactor; WGS

Indexed keywords

CARRIER GAS; CO CONVERSION; COUNTER CURRENT; HOMOGENEOUS MODELS; HYDROGEN SELECTIVE MEMBRANE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MEMBRANE AREA; MEMBRANE DESIGNS; MEMBRANE FLUXES; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MINIMUM VALUE; REACTION ZONES; REACTOR TUBES; REACTOR WALLS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SELECTIVE MEMBRANES; SELECTIVE SURFACE; THERMODYNAMIC CONSTRAINTS; WATER-GAS SHIFTS; WGS;

BIOREACTORS; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PALLADIUM; PERMEATION; REACTION KINETICS;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 77958153559     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.07.158     Document Type: Article

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