Enhanced mass transfer in monolith catalysts with bumps on the channel walls

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2091-2097

  Holmgren, Anna M ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Semcon AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; FRICTION; MASS TRANSFER; OXIDATION; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FRICTION FACTOR; MONOLITH CATALYSTS; SHERWOOD NUMBER;

CATALYSTS;

CATALYST; CHANNEL FLOW; MASS TRANSFER;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS; NUCLEAR REACTOR; OXIDATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0032960911     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie980597f     Document Type: Article

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