First-order kinetics in fractal catalysts: Renormalization analysis of the effectiveness factor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2273-2282

  Giona, M ^a,c   Schwalm, W A ^b   Adrover, A ^a   Schwalm, M K ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; DIFFUSION; GRAPH THEORY; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; KINETIC THEORY; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CROSS OVER PHENOMENA; EFFECTIVENESS FACTOR; FRACTAL CATALYSTS; FRACTAL PORE NETWORK MODELS; RENORMALIZATION ANALYSIS; THICK MODULUS;

FRACTALS;

EID: 0030144494     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(96)00084-X     Document Type: Article

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