Analysis and Optimization of Cross-Flow Reactors for Oxidative Coupling of Methane

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 559-567

  Lu, Yaping ^a   Dixon, Anthony G ^a   Moser, William R ^a   Ma, Yi Hua ^a  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; CARBON; CATALYSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; METHANE; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; PERFORMANCE; REMOVAL;

CROSS FLOW REACTORS; OXIDATIVE COUPLING;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 0031097913     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9605185     Document Type: Article

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