CFD and kinetic methods for mass transfer determination in a mesh microreactor

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2230-2237

  Abdallah, Radwan ^a   Magnico, Pierre ^a   Fumey, Bruno ^a   De Bellefon, Claude ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Catalysis; CFD; Gas liquid solid; Hydrogenation; Mass transfer; Microstructured reactor

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGENATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; FILM MODEL; GAS-LIQUID-SOLID; MICROSTRUCTURED REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGENATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 33744785411     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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