Experimental and computational investigations of a compact steam reformer for fuel oil and diesel fuel

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 196, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 9027-9035

  Grote, M ^a   Maximini, M ^a   Yang, Z ^a   Engelhardt, P ^a   Kohne H ^a   Lucka, K ^a   Brenner, M ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Behr GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CFD computation; Diesel fuel; Fuel oil; Steam reforming

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC COMBUSTION; CFD CODES; CFD COMPUTATION; COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION; COUNTER-FLOWS; CROSS FLOWS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW CONFIGURATIONS; FUEL CONVERSION; INLET GEOMETRY; INLET TEMPERATURE; INTERNAL FLOW PATTERNS; LIGHT FUEL OIL; MICRO-HEAT EXCHANGERS; OPTIMISATIONS; REACTION TEMPERATURE; REFORMING PROCESS; SIMULATION RESULT; STEAM REFORMER; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; WITH INLETS;

CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC REFORMING; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIESEL FUELS; FUEL OILS; FUELS; GEOMETRY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; INLET FLOW; PARALLEL FLOW; STEAM; STEAM ENGINEERING;

STEAM REFORMING;

EID: 80052034278     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2010.11.136     Document Type: Article

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