Mass transfer in porous media with heterogeneous chemical reaction

Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-199

  Ulson De Souza, S M A G ^a   Whitaker, S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass transfer; Modeling; Porous media

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; TENSORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CHEMICAL SPECIES; DARCYS LAW PERMEABILITY TENSORS; HETEROGENEOUS CHEMICAL REACTION; LENGTH SCALE CONSTRAINTS;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 0038673148     PISSN: 01046632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-66322003000200013     Document Type: Article

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