Gas permeation field tests of composite Pd and Pd-Au membranes in actual coal derived syngas atmosphere

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 14557-14568

  Guazzone, Federico ^a   Catalano, Jacopo ^a   Mardilovich, Ivan P ^a   Kniep, Jay ^b   Pande, Saurabh ^b   Wu, Tony ^c   Lambrecht, Robert C ^c   Datta, Subhash ^c   Kazantzis, Nikolaos K ^a   Ma, Yi Hua ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b Membrane Technology & Research Inc   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal derived syngas; Hydrogen production; Long term stability; Palladium composite membranes

Indexed keywords

COAL-DERIVED SYNGAS; FIELD TEST; GAS PERMEATION; LONG TERM STABILITY; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MEMBRANE STABILITY; PALLADIUM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; PURITY LEVEL; SYN-GAS;

COAL; COAL GASIFICATION; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS GAS;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84866112524     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.06.053     Document Type: Article

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