A Model for the Oxidation of Sulfur Dioxide in a Trickle-Bed Reactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 5125-5132

  Ravindra, Potnuru V ^a   Rao, D Prahlada ^a   Rao, Musti S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CATALYSTS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THIN FILMS; WETTING;

PENDULAR RINGS; TRICKLE BED REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

MODEL; OXIDATION; REACTOR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

EID: 0031430584     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9703402     Document Type: Article

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