Catalyst design accounting for the fractal surface morphology

Chemical Engineering Journal and the Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-76

  Coppens, Marc Olivier ^a   Froment, Gilbert F ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Catalyst design; Fractal surface morphology; Knudsen diffusivities; Porous catalysts

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; FRACTALS; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; PARAFFINS; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

CATALYST DESIGN; FRACTAL SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; INTRINSIC REACTION RATES; KNUDSEN DIFFUSIVITIES;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 0030252557     PISSN: 09230467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-0467(96)03105-3     Document Type: Article

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