Flow-rate effects in flow-reversal reactors: Experiments, simulations and approximations

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1135-1146

  Moshe, Ben Tullilah ^a   Alajem, Einat ^a   Gal, Rina ^a   Sheintuch, Moshe ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Approximations; Ethylene oxidation; Mathematical modelling; Maximum temperature; Nonadiabatic reactor; Reverse flow operation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYSTS; ETHYLENE; OXIDATION; PLATINUM;

FLOW-REVERSAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

FLOW VELOCITY; REACTOR; REVERSE FLOW;

EID: 0037378394     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00552-3     Document Type: Article

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