Unsteady state thermochemical performance analyses of solar driven steam methane reforming in porous medium reactor

Solar Energy

Volumn 122, Issue , 2015, Pages 1180-1192

  Wang, Fuqiang ^a   Guan, Zhennan ^a   Tan, Jianyu ^a   Yan, Zhenyu ^a   Leng, Yu ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b The University of Tulsa   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas mixture; Hydrogen production; Methane reforming; Monte Carlo; Porous medium

Indexed keywords

COUPLED CIRCUITS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GAS MIXTURES; GASES; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METHANE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; RAY TRACING; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF GASES;

HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCESS; LOCAL THERMAL NON-EQUILIBRIUM; METHANE REFORMING; MONTE-CARLO RAY TRACING; POROUS MEDIUM; TEMPERATURE INFORMATION; THERMO-CHEMICAL REACTOR; THERMOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

STEAM REFORMING;

BIOREACTOR; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84947428770     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.10.031     Document Type: Article

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