Computer generation of reaction mechanisms using quantitative rate information: Application to long-chain hydrocarbon pyrolysis

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2228-2237

  De Witt, Matthew J ^a   Dooling, David J ^a   Broadbelt, Linda J ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PYROLYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS;

EVANS-POLANYI RELATIONSHIP; LONG CHAIN HYDROCARBON PYROLYSIS; QUANTITATIVE RATE INFORMATION; RATE BASED BUILDING ALGORITHMS; TETRADECANE;

REACTION KINETICS;

HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PYROLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034234864     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie990608k     Document Type: Article

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