A fast hybrid start-up process for thermally self-sustained catalytic n-butane reforming in micro-SOFC power plants

Energy and Environmental Science

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3041-3050

  Santis Alvarez, Alejandro J ^a   Nabavi, Majid ^a   Hild, Nora ^a   Poulikakos, Dimos ^a   Stark, Wendelin J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC REACTIONS; GENERAL NATURE; INLET TEMPERATURE; INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES; N-BUTANE; OXIDATIVE REACTION; OXIDE FUEL CELLS; RESISTANCE HEATERS; SPACE TIME; START-UP PROCESS; START-UPS; STARTUP TIME; STEADY-STATE TEMPERATURE; SYN-GAS; SYNGAS CONVERSION;

BUTANE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; OPTIMIZATION; POWER PLANTS; RHODIUM; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); SYNTHESIS GAS; ZIRCONIUM;

CATALYTIC REFORMING;

ALKANE; CARBON; CATALYSIS; FUEL CELL; HYBRID; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; OXIDE; OXYGEN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWER PLANT; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 79960994109     PISSN: 17545692     EISSN: 17545706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1ee01330k     Document Type: Article

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