A CFD model for methane autothermal reforming on Ru/γ- Al 2O3 catalyst

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 2-24

  Rowshanzamir, S ^a   Safdarnejad, S M ^a   Eikani, M H ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b IRANIAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IROST   (Iran)

Author keywords

Autothermal reforming; CFD code; Hydrogen; Methane; Monolith reactor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885952331     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.07.390     Document Type: Conference Paper

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