Syngas production from H 2O and CO 2 over Zn particles in a packed-bed reactor

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 625-631

  Stamatiou, Anastasia ^a   Loutzenhiser, Peter G ^a   Steinfeld, Aldo ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Energy; Reactor analysis

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATED SOLAR ENERGY; ENDOTHERMIC STEPS; ENERGY; HIGH REACTIVITY; INERT SUPPORT; INLET GAS; MASS FRACTION; PACKED BED REACTOR; REACTOR ANALYSIS; SYN-GAS; SYNGAS PRODUCTION; THERMOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; ZN PARTICLES; ZNO; ZNO PARTICLES;

PACKED BEDS; RECYCLING; REDOX REACTIONS; SINTERING; SOLAR ENERGY; SYNTHESIS GAS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84855500769     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12580     Document Type: Article

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