Catalytic effectiveness of irregular interfaces and rough pores: The "land surveyor approximation"

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 5011-5023

  Sapoval, B ^a,b   Andrade Jr , J S ^b,c   Filoche, M ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DE LA MATIÈRE CONDENSÉE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Fractals; Microstructure; Modelling; Porous media; Reaction engineering

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MASS TRANSFER;

MOLECULAR DIFFUSION;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

FRACTAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035909014     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(01)00165-8     Document Type: Article

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