Parametric sensitivity in fixed-bed catalytic reactors with reverse-flow operation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 4579-4588

  Wu, Hua ^a   Rota, Renato ^b   Morbidelli, Massimo ^c   Varma, Arvind ^d  

^a Ausimont SpA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic reactor; Extinction; Fixed bed; Ignition; Parametric sensitivity; Reverse flow operation

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; IGNITION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STABILITY; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

FIXED BED CATALYTIC REACTORS; PARAMETRIC SENSITIVITY; REVERSE FLOW OPERATION;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CATALYST; FIXED BED; REACTOR; REVERSE FLOW;

EID: 0032754710     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00167-0     Document Type: Article

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