Advances on methane steam reforming to produce hydrogen through membrane reactors technology: A review

Catalysis Reviews - Science and Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-35

  Iulianelli, Adolfo ^a   Liguori, Simona ^b   Wilcox, Jennifer ^b   Basile, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysts; hydrogen; membrane reactor; methane steam reforming

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CATALYSTS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; METHANE; STEAM;

FIXED BED REACTOR; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; METHANE STEAM REFORMING; RECENT PROGRESS;

STEAM REFORMING;

EID: 84954213813     PISSN: 01614940     EISSN: 15205703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01614940.2015.1099882     Document Type: Article

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