An improved shooting method for computation of effectiveness factors in porous catalysts

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 5569-5573

  Lee, Jietae ^a   Kim, Dong Hyun ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Effectiveness factor; Multiple steady states; Shooting method; Stability; Thiele modulus

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); POROUS MATERIALS; SOLUTIONS;

MULTIPLE STEADY STATES; NONTRIVIAL SOLUTION; POROUS CATALYSTS; SHOOTING METHOD;

CATALYSTS;

CATALYST;

EID: 22244478956     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.05.027     Document Type: Article

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