Si based methanol catalytic micro combustor for integrated steam reformer applications

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 180, Issue , 2012, Pages 127-136

  Resnik, D ^a   Hocevar S ^b,c   Batista, J ^b   Vrtacnik D ^a   Mozek M ^a   Amon, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^c Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon Technologies (CoE LCT)   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Light off temperature; Methanol oxygen air fuel; Pt CeO 2 catalyst; Si glass micro combustor

Indexed keywords

AIR CARRIERS; BOROFLOAT; CATALYST PRECURSORS; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; DIHYDROGEN; HARD TEMPLATES; HEXACHLOROPLATINATE; LIGHT-OFF; LIQUID METHANOL; MICRO COMBUSTOR; ORIFICE SIZE; OUTPUT WATER; PREMIXING; RESIDENCE TIME; SI-BASED; STEAM REFORMER; THERMAL RESPONSE; WET IMPREGNATION;

CATALYSTS; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; FLOW RATE; GLASS; METHANOL; SILICON; TEMPERATURE;

COMBUSTORS;

EID: 84861727732     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2012.04.029     Document Type: Article

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