Warm-up behavior of monolithic reactors under non-reacting conditions

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2891-2899

  Koltsakis, Grigorios C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Catalytic converters; Heat transfer; Laminar flow; Mathematical modeling; Monolithic reactors; Thermal response

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HONEYCOMB REACTORS; MONOLITHIC REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0031239352     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00097-3     Document Type: Article

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