The driving force distribution for minimum lost work in chemical reactors close to and far from equilibrium. 1. Theory

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3046-3050

  Kjelstrup, S ^a   Sauar, E ^a   Bedeaux, D ^a   Van Der Kooi, H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ENTHALPY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE;

ABSOLUTE TEMPERATURE; DRIVING FORCE DISTRIBUTION; INVERSE EQUILIBRIUM TEMPERATURE; MINIMUM LOST WORK; NONLINEAR RELATION; OPERATING TEMPERATURE;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; REACTOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032819481     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie980744+     Document Type: Article

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