Distributed hydrogen production from ethanol in a microfuel processor: Issues and challenges

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 524-533

  Moharana, Manoj Kumar ^a   Peela, Nageswara Rao ^a   Khandekar, Sameer ^a   Kunzru, Deepak ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Decentralized production; Ethanol steam reforming; Flow boiling in microchannels; Hydrogen energy; Micro reactor; Reactor thermal management; Water gas shift reaction

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL SHIFT; ETHANOL; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; POLYELECTROLYTES; PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); STEAM REFORMING;

DECENTRALIZED PRODUCTION; ETHANOL STEAM REFORMING; FLOW BOILING; HYDROGEN ENERGY; MICRO REACTOR; WATER GAS SHIFT (WGS) REACTION;

WATER GAS SHIFT;

EID: 78149408575     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2010.08.011     Document Type: Review

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