Optimal distribution of catalyst for a case involving heterogeneous and homogeneous reactions

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-169

  Melis, Stefano ^a,c   Varma, Arvind ^a   Pereira, Carmo J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b W R GRACE AND CO CONN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

catalyst distribution; optimization; reactor design

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; MASS TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; REACTION KINETICS;

AXIAL CATALYST DISTRIBUTION; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; HOMOGENEOUS REACTIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 0030981851     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(96)00394-6     Document Type: Article

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