Development work on a microstructured 50 kW ethanol fuel processor for a small-scale stationary hydrogen supply system

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2554-2561

  Kolb, G ^a   Men, Y ^a   Schelhaas, K P ^a   Tiemann, D ^a   Zapf, R ^a   Wilhelm, J ^b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH   (Germany)

^b Rosetti Marino SPA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ASPEN DYNAMICS; ASPEN PLUS; CAD MODELS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; ETHANOL STEAM REFORMING; FUEL PROCESSORS; HYDROGEN SUPPLY; PLANT ENGINEERING; PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION; REFORMATES; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STEAM REFORMER; SYSTEM CONCEPTS; WATER-GAS SHIFTS;

ADSORPTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; FUELS; HYDROGEN; STEAM ENGINEERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

STEAM REFORMING;

EID: 79951998120     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100602w     Document Type: Conference Paper

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