Simultaneous estimation of kinetic and heat transfer parameters of a wall-cooled fixed-bed reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 4791-4800

  Cheng, Zhen Min ^a   Yuan, Wei Kang ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

confidence region; correlation analysis; Fixed bed reactor; parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

BEDS; HEAT TRANSFER;

COOLING; CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT TRANSFER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REACTION KINETICS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CONFIDENCE REGION ANALYSIS; FIXED BED REACTOR;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0030273967     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(96)00330-2     Document Type: Article

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