Short-cut method for the estimation of isothermal effectiveness factors

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3947-3953

  Ochoa Tapia, J Alberto ^a   Valdés Parada, Francisco J ^a   Álvarez Ramírez, José De J ^a,b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVENESS FACTORS (EF); HETEROGENEOUS MODELS; NONLINEAR KINETICS; THIELE MODULUS REGION;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTIMATION; ISOTHERMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REACTION KINETICS;

CATALYSIS;

CATALYST;

EID: 20344382954     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie040190c     Document Type: Article

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