Hydrogen generation by pulsed gliding arc discharge plasma with sprays of alcohol solutions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 9466-9470

  Burlica, Radu ^a   Shih, Kai Yuan ^b   Hnatiuc, Bogdan ^a   Locke, Bruce R ^b  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL SOLUTIONS; CHEMICAL YIELDS; ENERGY YIELDS; ETHANOL SOLUTIONS; FORMATION RATES; GLIDING ARC DISCHARGE; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; LIQUID DROPLETS; LIQUID FLOW RATES; NONTHERMAL; PLASMA TECHNOLOGY; RECYCLE STREAM; THERMAL REFORMING;

ETHANOL; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIQUIDS; METHANOL; REACTOR OPERATION; REFORMING REACTIONS; SPRAY NOZZLES;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 79960876648     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie101920n     Document Type: Article

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