Modeling of critical phenomena for liquid/vapor-gas exothermic reaction on a single catalyst pellet

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 205-213

  Shigarov, A B ^a   Kulikov, A V ^a   Kuzin, N A ^a   Kirillov, V A ^a  

^a BORESKOV INSTITUTE OF CATALYSIS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Hydrocarbons hydrogenation; Hysteresis; Modeling; Partial wetting; Runaway; Single pellet multiphase reactor

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; HYDROGENATION; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VAPORIZATION;

EXOTHERMIC REACTION;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

EVAPORATION; HYDROCARBON; HYDROGENATION; HYSTERESIS; MODELING; WETTING;

EID: 0037443306     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-8947(02)00155-9     Document Type: Article

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