Radiative heat transfer and catalyst performance in a large-scale continuous flow photoreactor for hydrogen production

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 638-645

  Baniasadi, E ^a   Dincer, I ^a   Naterer, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuous operation; Efficiency; Exergy; Hydrogen production; Photo catalysis; Scale up

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVITIES; CATALYST CONCENTRATION; CATALYST PERFORMANCE; COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSIS; HALF CELLS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIQUID-PHASE REACTION; MASS TRANSFER LIMITATION; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTON TRANSFER; PHOTOREACTORS; PILOT PLANT SCALE; POWER SOURCES; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; REACTION SYSTEM; SCALE-UP; SYSTEM USE; TRANSFER ELECTRONS; WATER SPLITTING;

EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MICROFILTRATION;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84867235575     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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