Design and testing of a microchannel reactor for the PROX reaction

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 167, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 634-642

  Cruz, S ^a   Sanz, O ^a   Poyato, R ^a   Laguna, O H ^a   Echave, F J ^b   Almeida, L C ^b   Centeno, M A ^a   Arzamendi, G ^c   Gandia, L M ^c   Souza Aguiar, E F ^d   Montes, M ^b   Odriozola, J A ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^d PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Al alloyed ferritic stainless steel; CO PROX; CuOx CeO2; Microchannel reactor; Transient liquid phase bonding

Indexed keywords

CO-PROX; CUOX-CEO2; FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL; MICROCHANNEL REACTOR; TRANSIENT LIQUID PHASE BONDING;

ALUMINUM; AMORPHOUS SILICON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; FERRITE; FERRITIC STEEL; LIQUIDS; MICROCHANNELS;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 79952443555     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.08.088     Document Type: Article

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