A discussion on transport phenomena and three-way kinetics of monolithic converters

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 8010-8027

  Holder, R ^a   Bollig, M ^a   Anderson, D R ^b   Hochmuth, J K ^b  

^a BMW GROUP   (Germany)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Chemical reactors; Computation; Fluid mechanics; Mathematical modelling; Multiphase reactions; Optimization; Transport processes

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; REACTION KINETICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MULTIPHASE REACTIONS; TRANSPORT PROCESSES;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; REACTION KINETICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 33750933961     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.09.030     Document Type: Article

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