On-site pure hydrogen production by methane steam reforming in high flux membrane reactor: Experimental validation, model predictions and membrane inhibition

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 262, Issue , 2015, Pages 862-874

  Patrascu, Michael ^a   Sheintuch, Moshe ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hydrogen production; Membrane reactor; Methane steam reforming; Modeling; Pd membrane; Permeance inhibition

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CATALYTIC REFORMING; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; METHANE; MODELS;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; MEMBRANE PERMEANCE; MEMBRANE REACTOR; METHANE REFORMERS; METHANE STEAM REFORMING; PD MEMBRANE; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

STEAM REFORMING;

EID: 84909606895     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.10.042     Document Type: Article

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