Partial oxidation of methane in a reciprocal flow porous burner with an external heat source

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 4119-4126

  Zheng, Chenghang ^a,c   Cheng, Leming ^a   Cen, Kefa ^a   Bingue, Jacques P ^b   Saveliev, Alexei ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Innovative Energy Solutions   (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

External heat source; Filtration combustion; Methane partial oxidation; Reciprocal flow

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MECHANISM; CO CONVERSION; COLD GAS; FILTRATION COMBUSTION; GAS GENERATION; HEAT SOURCES; HYDROGEN ENERGY; METHANE CONVERSIONS; METHANE PARTIAL OXIDATION; MIDDLE SECTION; PARTIAL OXIDATION OF METHANE; POROUS BURNERS; POWER LEVELS; REACTOR EFFICIENCY; RECIPROCAL FLOW; SPECIES PROFILE; SYN-GAS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TWO TEMPERATURE MODEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROGEN; METHANE; SYNTHESIS GAS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84856739547     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.11.142     Document Type: Article

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