Dry reforming of methane in a tip-tip arc discharge reactor at very high pressure

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3388-3401

  Iwarere, Samuel A ^a   Rohani, Vandad Julien ^b   Ramjugernath, Deresh ^a   Fulcheri, Laurent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b MINES ParisTech   (France)

Author keywords

Arc discharge; Dry reforming; Syngas; Very high pressure

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BATCH REACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; HYDROCARBONS; METHANE; NATURAL GASOLINE PLANTS; SYNTHESIS GAS; SYNTHETIC FUELS;

ARC DISCHARGE; DRY REFORMING; DRY REFORMING-OF-METHANE; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH PRESSURE REACTORS; HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT; OXIDATIVE REFORMING OF METHANE; SYN-GAS;

REFORMING REACTIONS;

EID: 84922933314     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.01.005     Document Type: Article

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