Steam reforming of methane in a tapered membrane - Assisted fluidized - Bed reactor: Modeling and simulation

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 490-504

  Dehkordi, Asghar Molaei ^a   Savari, Chiya ^a   Ghasemi, Mohammad ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Membrane fluidized bed; Membrane reactor; Methane steam reforming; Tapered fluidized bed

Indexed keywords

COMPARTMENT MODEL; DENSE ZONES; DESIGN CONDITION; DEVELOPED MODEL; EMULSION PHASIS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FEED TEMPERATURE; FLUIDIZED BED MEMBRANE REACTOR; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; METHANE CONVERSIONS; METHANE STEAM REFORMING; MODE OF OPERATIONS; MODEL PREDICTION; MODELING AND SIMULATION; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY; PILOT SCALE; STEAM REFORMING OF METHANE; TAPERED FLUIDIZED BED; TOTAL YIELD; WALL HEAT FLUX;

BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMULSIFICATION; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HEAT FLUX; HYDROGEN; MEMBRANES; METHANE; STEAM; STEAM ENGINEERING; SUPERSATURATION;

STEAM REFORMING;

EID: 79251636066     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.10.052     Document Type: Article

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