Periodic operation of trickle bed reactors: An approach to catalyst design through modeling at the particle scale

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 9594-9600

  Ayude, María A ^a   Cassanello, Miryan C ^b   Haure, Patricia M ^a   Martínez, Osvaldo M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY;

CATALYST DESIGN; EGG SHELL DISTRIBUTIONS; LIQUID FLOW MODULATION; TRICKLE BED REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CATALYST; DESIGN; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

EID: 29544432514     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0502741     Document Type: Conference Paper

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