Effectiveness factor approximations for multiple steady states in porous catalysts

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2179-2186

  Lee, Jietae ^a   Kim, Dong Hyun ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Approximation; Effectiveness factor; Multiple steady states; Reaction engineering; Simulation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CATALYSTS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EFFECTIVENESS FACTOR; MULTIPLE STEADY STATES; REACTION ENGINEERING; THIELE MODULUS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 33947146105     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.01.021     Document Type: Article

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