Biomass-based fuel cell power plants: Evaluation of novel reactors and process designs

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 10859-10875

  Heidebrecht, Peter ^a   Hartono, Benny ^a   Hertel, Christoph ^a   Sundmacher, Kai ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS-BASED FUELS; CLASSICAL COUNTERPART; CONTROL PARAMETERS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; GASEOUS PRODUCTS; HEAT INTEGRATION; HEAT PRODUCTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; LOW TEMPERATURE FUEL CELLS; MODEL LIBRARY; MODEL-BASED SYSTEMS; REACTOR CONCEPTS; SIMULATION RESULT; SINGLE PLANTS; SYSTEM DESIGN;

AIR CLEANERS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DESIGN; LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION; POWER PLANTS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

GAS FUEL PURIFICATION;

EID: 78049383479     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100408n     Document Type: Conference Paper

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