Numerical study of hydrogen purification using metal hydride reactor with aluminium foam

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 175-184

  Minko, Konstantin B ^a   Artemov, Valerij I ^a   Yan'Kov, Georgij G ^a  

^a MOSCOW POWER ENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aluminium foam; Hydrogen purification; Mathematical modeling; Metal hydride reactors; Numerical simulation; Sorption

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRIDES; HYDROGEN; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PURIFICATION; SORPTION;

ALUMINIUM FOAM; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER PROCESS; HYDROGEN PURIFICATION; METAL HYDRIDE SYSTEMS; PORE-SCALE MODELLING; PRESSURE SWING ABSORPTION; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84919684383     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.11.018     Document Type: Article

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