Hydrogen and syngas production by superadiabatic combustion - A review

Applied Energy

Volumn 173, Issue , 2016, Pages 210-224

  Abdul Mujeebu, Muhammad ^a,b  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b International Research Establishment for Energy and Environment (IREEE)   (India)

Author keywords

Conversion efficiency; Equivalence ratio; Hydrogen; Hydrogen sulfide; Porous medium combustion; Superadiabatic combustion; Syngas; Thermal partial oxidation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CATALYSTS; COMBUSTION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN FUELS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; POROUS MATERIALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION; SYNTHESIS GAS; SYNTHESIS GAS MANUFACTURE;

EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; PARTIAL OXIDATIONS; POROUS MEDIUM; SUPERADIABATIC COMBUSTION; SYN-GAS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; CATALYST; COMBUSTION; FILTRATION; FUEL; HYDROCARBON TECHNOLOGY; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 84962834063     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.04.018     Document Type: Review

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