Effects of key factors on solar aided methane steam reforming in porous medium thermochemical reactor

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 419-430

  Wang, Fuqiang ^a   Tan, Jianyu ^a   Ma, Lanxin ^a   Leng, Yu ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b The University of Tulsa Tulsa   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen production; Local thermal non equilibrium; Methane steam reforming; Monte Carlo; Porous medium; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

COUPLED CIRCUITS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MASS TRANSFER; METHANE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; RAY TRACING; REACTION KINETICS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER MODELS; LOCAL THERMAL NON-EQUILIBRIUM; METHANE STEAM REFORMING; MONTE-CARLO RAY TRACING; POROUS MEDIUM; TEMPERATURE INFORMATION; THERMO-CHEMICAL REACTOR; THERMOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

STEAM REFORMING;

EID: 84936750403     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.06.049     Document Type: Article

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