Conversion of jet fuel and butanol to syngas by filtration combustion

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 879-889

  Smith, Colin H ^a   Pineda, Daniel I ^b   Zak, Casey D ^b   Ellzey, Janet L ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Butanol; Filtration combustion; Jet fuel; Soot; Superadiabatic combustion; Syngas

Indexed keywords

EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FILTRATION COMBUSTION; FUEL REFORMING; FUEL/AIR MIXTURE; HYDROGEN YIELDS; INLET VELOCITY; NON-CATALYTIC; PORTABLE DEVICE; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; SUPERADIABATIC COMBUSTION; SYN-GAS; SYNGAS PRODUCTION;

ALCOHOLS; BUTENES; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL STORAGE; HYDROGEN FUELS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; JET FUEL; POROUS MATERIALS; SOOT;

SYNTHESIS GAS;

EID: 84872043759     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.10.102     Document Type: Article

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