Pattern formation in fixed-bed catalytic reactors - II

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 3561-3578

  Trinh, Sinh ^a   Ramkrishna, Doraiswami ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic packed bed reactor; Pattern formation; Stability

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; DISPERSIONS; PACKED BEDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TOPOLOGY;

FIXED BED CATALYTIC REACTORS; PATTERN FORMATION;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0031254246     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00148-6     Document Type: Article

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