Modeling heterogeneous and homogeneous reactions in the high-temperature catalytic combustion of methane

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 5791-5807

  Goralski Jr , C T ^a   Schmidt, L D ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic combustion; Methane catalysis; Natural gas conversion; Reactor modeling; Short contact time reactor

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMBUSTION; GAS ADSORPTION; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; PLATINUM; PORE SIZE;

ELEMENTARY MECHANISM; PLUG-FLOW TUBULAR REACTOR; SHORT-CONTACT-TIME REACTOR;

CATALYSIS;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 0033403888     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00169-4     Document Type: Article

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