Reactor diameter impact on hot zone dynamics in an adiabatic packed bed reactor

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1578-1590

  Sundarram, Sandhya ^a   Viswanathan, Ganesh A ^a,b   Luss, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiabatic reactor; Hydrogenation; Packed bed; Spatiotemporal patterns; Transversal hot zone

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC REACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; TRANSVERSAL HOT ZONE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGENATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS;

PACKED BEDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGENATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; PACKED BEDS; REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 34250187434     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11179     Document Type: Article

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