Influence of steam on the flammability limits of premixed natural gas/oxygen/steam mixtures

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 633-638

  Degges, Matthew J ^a   Boyer, J Eric ^a   Kuo, Kenneth K ^a   Basini, Luca ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flammability limits; Natural gas; SCT CPO reactor; Steam suppression of flammability; Syngas

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC FLAME TEMPERATURE; CATALYTIC PROCESS; COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGY; CPO REACTORS; ECONOMIC PRODUCTION; FLAME PROPAGATION; FLAMMABILITY LIMITS; FLAMMABILITY PROPERTIES; GASEOUS REACTANTS; HIGH SELECTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; MOLE FRACTION; MULTIPLE PHOTODETECTORS; PREMIXED; REACTION ZONES; SHORT CONTACT TIME-CATALYTIC PARTIAL OXIDATION; SMALL REACTOR; SYN-GAS; TUBE REACTORS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; MIXTURES; NATURAL GAS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; STEAM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); SYNTHESIS GAS; TRANSDUCERS;

FLAMMABILITY;

INSECTIVORA;

EID: 78349305892     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.09.032     Document Type: Article

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