Stationary transversal hot zones in adiabatic packed-bed reactors

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3028-3038

  Viswanathan, G ^a   Luss, D ^a   Bindal, A ^b   Khinast, J ^b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot spot; Neutral stability; Nonuni form perturbations; Packed bed reactor; Temperature pattern

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; NEUTRAL STABILITY; PACKET-BED REACTORS; TEMPERATURE PATTERN;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

PACKED BEDS;

PACKED BED;

EID: 27844561131     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10542     Document Type: Article

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