Transient experiments and modeling of the catalytic combustion of methane in a monolith reactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 406-414

  Hayes, Robert E ^a   Kolaczkowski, Stan T ^b   Thomas, W John ^b   Titiloye, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001634582     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie950308c     Document Type: Article

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