Qualitative investigation on effects of manifold shape on methanol steam reforming for hydrogen production

Renewable Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 313-322

  Zeng, Dehuai ^a,b   Pan, Minqiang ^a   Tang, Yong ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fluid mechanics; Methanol steam reforming; Numerical analysis; Velocity distribution

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION RATES; CRITICAL ELEMENTS; ENTRANCE VELOCITY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; KEY FACTORS; METHANOL STEAM REFORMING; MICRO CHANNEL PLATE; REACTION PERFORMANCE; REACTION TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CFD MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; IMAGE STORAGE TUBES; METHANOL; MICROCHANNELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STEAM; STEAM ENGINEERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

STEAM REFORMING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDROGEN; METHANOL; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 80053314501     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.08.027     Document Type: Article

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