Determination of catalyst wetting fraction on the molecular level

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 741-745

  Cheng, Zhen Min ^a   Zhou, Zhi Ming ^a   Yuan, Wei Kang ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Multiscale modeling; Phase equilibrium; Reactor analysis; Surface chemistry physics; Trickle bed reactor

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947526039     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11097     Document Type: Article

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