Effect of microchannel structure on the reaction performance of methanol steam reforming

Applied Energy

Volumn 154, Issue , 2015, Pages 416-427

  Pan, Minqiang ^a   Wu, Qiuyu ^a   Jiang, Lianbo ^b   Zeng, Dehuai ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cross section; Methanol steam reforming; Microchannel; Non uniform distribution

Indexed keywords

FUEL CELLS; METHANOL; MICROCHANNELS; STEAM;

CROSS-SECTION; HYDROGEN FOR FUEL CELLS; METHANOL STEAM REFORMING; MICRO CHANNEL REACTORS; NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; REACTION PERFORMANCE; RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; SPARSE DISTRIBUTION;

STEAM REFORMING;

CROSS SECTION; FUEL CELL; HYDROGEN; METHANOL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84930195189     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.05.021     Document Type: Article

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