Generalization of the effectiveness factor for any shape of a catalyst pellet

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-74

  Burghardt, Andrzej ^a   Kubaczka, Andrzej ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chemical catalytic reactors; Effectiveness factor of the catalytic pellet; Reaction and diffusion in catalytic pellet

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DIFFUSION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLIDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BESSEL FUNCTION; CHEMICAL CATALYTIC REACTORS; CURVILINEAR ORTHOGONAL COORDINATE SYSTEM; EFFECTIVENESS FACTOR; FIRST ORDER REACTION; GEOMETRICAL SHAPE PARAMETER; MASS BALANCE EQUATION;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 0029762546     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0255-2701(95)04115-X     Document Type: Article

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