Overcoming mass-transfer limitations in the Dual Bed Colloidal Suspension Reactor

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2462-2471

  Jaini, Rajiv R ^a   Fuller, Thomas F ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual Bed Colloidal Suspension Reactor; Gas sparging; Hydrogen production; Mass transfer correlation; Mass transfer limitations; Z scheme reactor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895060841     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.12.018     Document Type: Article

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