Modelling of a trickle-bed reactor I. Extended definitions and new approximations

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Valerius, G ^a   Zhu, X ^a   Hofmann, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Definitions; Effectiveness factor; Modelling; Trickle bed reactor

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CATALYST DEACTIVATION; CATALYSTS; GASES; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUBILITY; WETTING;

CYLINDER SHELL MODEL; EFFECTIVENESS FACTOR; GASEOUS REACTANT; MASS BALANCE EQUATIONS; MASS TRANSFER RESISTANCE; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; TRICKLE BED REACTORS;

EID: 0029657165     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0255-2701(95)04100-1     Document Type: Article

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