On the nature of elementary reactions from methane to hydrogen over transition metals

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 10418-10424

  Enger, Bjørn Christian ^a   Lødeng, Rune ^b   Holmen, Anders ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dry reforming; Hydrogen; Partial oxidation; Steam reforming; Synthesis gas; UBI QEP

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYSTS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SYNTHESIS GAS; TRANSITION METALS;

COMBUSTION CATALYST; DRY REFORMING; ELEMENTARY REACTION; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; ISOTOPIC TRACER; PARTIAL OXIDATIONS; REFORMING CATALYST; UBI-QEP;

STEAM REFORMING;

EID: 84862178685     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.01.119     Document Type: Article

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