Wave Phenomena in the Packed-bed Reactor: Their Relation to the Differential-flow Instability

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 647-650

  Yakhnin, V Z ^a   Rovinsky, A B ^a   Menzinger, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Fluctuations; Instability; Packed bed reactor; Temperature waves

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; PACKED BEDS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STABILITY;

DIFFERENTIAL FLOW INSTABILITY; FLUCTUATIONS; PACKED BED REACTOR; TEMPERATURE WAVES; WAVE PHENOMENA;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

DYNAMICS; INSTABILITY; PACKED BEDS;

EID: 0030265370     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450740514     Document Type: Article

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