Simulation of non-catalytic gas-solid reactions: Application of grain model for the reduction of cobalt oxide with methane

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section C: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-22

  Khoshandam, B ^a   Kumar, R V ^a   Jamshidi, Esmail ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Grain model; Non catalytic gas solid reactions; Reduction of cobalt oxide with methane; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FUNCTIONS; GASIFICATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; METHANE; POROSITY; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING;

COBALT OXIDE; GRAIN MODELS; NON-CATALYTIC GAS-SOLID REACTIONS; REDUCTION OF COBALT OXIDE WITH METHANE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 19644387477     PISSN: 03719553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037195505X39058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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