Computation of effectiveness factors for partially wetted catalyst pellets using the method of fundamental solution

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1431-1444

  Palmisano, E ^a   Ramachandran, P A ^a   Balakrishnan, K ^a   Al Dahhan, M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fundamental solution; Partially wetted catalyst pellets; Trickle bed reactors

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; REACTION KINETICS; WETTING;

LINEAR KINETICS;

ORE PELLETS;

COMPUTER TECHNIQUE; DESIGN; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; TRICKLE BED REACTOR; WETTING;

CALCULATION; CATALYST; FIXED BED REACTOR; GEOMETRY; INDUSTRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 0042968642     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-1354(03)00033-4     Document Type: Article

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