Hydrogen production by thermocatalytic decomposition of methane using a fixed bed activated carbon in a pilot scale unit: Apparent kinetic, deactivation and diffusional limitation studies

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 12268-12276

  Abbas, Hazzim F ^a   Daud, W M A Wan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Catalytic methane decomposition; Deactivation kinetic; Hydrogen production; Modeling

Indexed keywords

APPARENT KINETICS; CARBON-BASED; CATALYTIC METHANE DECOMPOSITION; DEACTIVATION KINETICS; DEVELOPED MODEL; FIXED BED; FIXED BED REACTOR; MASS DIFFUSION; METHANE DECOMPOSITION; METHANE FLOW; MICROPORES; MODELING; PILOT SCALE; REACTION ORDERS; RESIDENCE TIME; THERMOCATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CATALYST DEACTIVATION; CATALYST POISONING; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; EXPERIMENTS; GAS PRODUCERS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METHANATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

METHANE;

EID: 77958154518     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.08.036     Document Type: Article

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