Autothermal reforming of biodiesel-ethanol-diesel blends for solid oxide fuel cell applications

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4371-4385

  Lin, Jiefeng ^a   Trabold, Thomas A ^a   Walluk, Mark R ^a   Smith, Daniel F ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTHERMAL REFORMING; GAS HOURLY SPACE VELOCITIES; HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES; OPERATING ENVIRONMENT; OPTIMUM OPERATING CONDITIONS; STANDARD TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES; TEMPERATURE REDUCTION; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

CARBON; ETHYLENE; FUELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; SYNTHESIS GAS; THERMOANALYSIS;

BIODIESEL;

EID: 84882344176     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef302013d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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