Approximate solution for the nonlinear model of diffusion and reaction in porous catalysts by the decomposition method

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Sun, Yan Ping ^a   Liu, Shi Bin ^a   Keith, Scott ^b  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adomian polynomial; Catalyst pellet; Diffusion and reaction; Effectiveness; Model; Nth order reaction; Numerical solution; Thiele modulus

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DIFFUSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; POLYNOMIALS; POROUS MATERIALS;

ADOMIAN DECOMPOSITION METHOD; CATALYST PELLETS;

CATALYSTS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 2942738809     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-8947(03)00060-3     Document Type: Article

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