Modeling process characteristics and performance of fixed and fluidized bed regenerative thermal oxidizer

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 4782-4790

  Morrone, Pietropaolo ^a   Di Maio, Francesco P ^a   Di Renzo, Alberto ^a   Amelio, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; PACKED BEDS; PRESSURE DROP;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL OXIDIZERS;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; PACKED BEDS; PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 33745841293     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie051300y     Document Type: Article

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