Production of carbon nanotubes in a packed bed and a fluidized bed

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 619-625

  Qian, Weizhong ^a   Wei, Fei ^a   Wang, Zhanwen ^a   Liu, Tang ^a   Yu, Hao ^a   Luo, Guohua ^a   Xiang, Lan ^a   Deng, Xiangyi ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Huangshi College   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DECOMPOSITION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; PACKED BEDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOAGGLOMERATE FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS (NABR);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBON; ETHYLENE; IRON;

DYNAMICS; FLOW ANALYSIS; FLUIDIZED BED; HEAT TRANSFER; PACKED BED; REACTOR;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; DECOMPOSITION; DENSITY; FLOW; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS; PACKED BED REACTOR; PARTICLE SIZE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REACTION TIME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0037348325     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690490308     Document Type: Article

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