Pattern formation in fixed bed catalytic reactors - I

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 4887-4901

  Trinh, Sihn ^a   Ramkrishna, Doraiswami ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

catalytic fixed bed reactor; heterogeneous model; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REACTOR STARTUP;

CATALYTIC FIXED BED REACTOR; FIXED BED CATALYTIC REACTORS; PACKED BED REACTOR; PLUG FLOW;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0030294918     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(96)00298-9     Document Type: Article

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