A comprehensive approach to reaction engineering

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Mahecha Botero, Andres ^a   Grace, John R ^a   Elnashaie, Said S E H ^b   Lim, C Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical reaction engineering; Education; Fluidized bed reactors; Mechanistic modeling; Reaction engineering; Reactor models

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CURRICULA; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTORS; OPTIMIZATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

BIOCHEMICAL REACTION; FLUIDIZED-BED REACTORS; MECHANISTIC MODELING; REACTION ENGINEERING; REACTOR MODELS; SYSTEMATIC ALGORITHM;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 34248372833     PISSN: 21945748     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.1399     Document Type: Article

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