Catalytic combustion of methane in a monolith washcoat: Effect of water inhibition on the effectiveness factor

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 688-697

  Hayes, Robert E ^a   Awdry, Serpil ^b   Kolaczkowski, Stan T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catalytic combustion; Diffusion; Monolith; Simulation; Washcoat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033181182     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450770410     Document Type: Article

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