Modeling of supercritical water gasification of xylose to hydrogen-rich gas in a hastelloy microchannel reactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 7172-7182

  Goodwin, Aaron K ^a   Rorrer, Gregory L ^b  

^a Bend Research Incorporated   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS GASIFICATION; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; ENDOTHERMIC REFORMING REACTION; FLUID HEATING; HASTELLOY; HASTELLOY C-276; HEAT OF REACTION; HIGH RATE; HYDROGEN-RICH GAS; MICRO CHANNEL REACTORS; MICRO REACTOR; MICRO-FABRICATION TECHNIQUES; MODEL COMPOUND; PARALLEL MICROCHANNELS; REACTING FLUIDS; REACTION TEMPERATURE; REACTOR BLOCKS; REACTOR WALLS; RESIDENCE TIME; SUPERCRITICAL WATER; SUPERCRITICAL WATER GASIFICATION; SURFACE AREA;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HEATING; HYDROGEN; MICROCHANNELS; NICKEL ALLOYS; REACTION RATES; REFORMING REACTIONS; SERPENTINE; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

GASIFICATION;

EID: 79958778670     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie102482y     Document Type: Article

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