Ignition criterion for general kinetics in a catalytic monolith

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1623-1629

  Ramanathan, Karthik ^a   Balakotaiah, Vemuri ^a   West, David H ^b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide oxidation; Catalytic monolith; Ignition; Light off; Nonuniform catalyst distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645696885     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10757     Document Type: Article

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