Interfacial mass transfer in trickle-bed reactor modelling

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 4335-4345

  Toppinen, S ^a   Aittamaa, J ^b   Salmi, T ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Neste Oil Oyj   (Finland)

Author keywords

mass transfer; Maxwell Stefan equations; modelling; simulation; trickle bed reactor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FLOWCHARTING; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; REACTION KINETICS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITY METHOD; RIGOROUS STEADY STATE MODEL; TRICKLE BED REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0030240348     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(96)00280-1     Document Type: Article

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