Simulation of micromachined chemical reactors for heterogeneous partial oxidation reactions

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-13

  Ming Hsing, I ^a   Srinivasan, Ravi ^a   Harold, Michael P ^b   Jensen, Klavs F ^a   Schmidt, Martin A ^c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTOR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLUID FLOW; HEAT FLUX;

EID: 0033600955     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00306-1     Document Type: Article

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