Convective diffusion of power-law fluids inside ducts with single homogeneous and catalytic wall reactions

Chemical Engineering Journal and the Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-60

  Lawal, Adeniyi ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Catalytic wall reactions; Convective diffusion; Power law fluids; Single homogeneous reactions

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DUCTS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HEAT CONVECTION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

CATALYTIC WALL REACTIONS; CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTION; CONVECTIVE DIFFUSION; FINITE INTEGRAL TRANSFORM TECHNIQUE; GALERKIN METHOD; POWER LAW FLUIDS; SHERWOOD NUMBER; SINGLE HOMOGENEOUS REACTIONS;

THERMAL DIFFUSION;

DUCTS; HOMOGENEOUS & CATALYTIC WALL; POWER LAW FLUIDS; REACTIONS;

EID: 0029673218     PISSN: 09230467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-0467(95)03053-0     Document Type: Article

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