Bifurcation analysis of a two-dimensional catalytic monolith reactor model

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1435-1442

  Gupta, Nikunj ^a   Balakotaiah, Vemuri ^a   West, David H ^b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Catalytic combustion; Catalytic monolith; Ignition andextinction; Monolith reactor; Surface reaction

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; HEAT CONVECTION; IGNITION;

MONOLITH REACTORS;

CATALYSIS;

BIFURCATION; CATALYST; MODELING; REACTOR;

EID: 0035911485     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(00)00368-7     Document Type: Article

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