Development, modelling and evaluation of a (laminar) Entrained Flow Reactor for the determination of the pyrolysis kinetics of polymers

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2221-2230

  Westerhout, R W J ^a   Kuipers, J A M ^a   Van Swaaij, W P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTRAINED FLOW; PYROLYSIS; REACTORS;

GASES; LAMINAR FLOW; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POLYMERS; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

GAS PHASE VELOCITY; LAMINAR ENTRAINED FLOW REACTORS; VELOCITY GRADIENTS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0030131395     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(96)00079-6     Document Type: Article

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