Optimal distributor networks in porous catalyst pellets. I. molecular diffusion

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4245-4256

  Johannessen, Eivind ^a   Wang, Gang ^a   Coppens, Marc Olivier ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; DIFFUSION; POROUS MATERIALS; VOLUME FRACTION;

DISTRIBUTOR CHANNELS; OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTOR NETWORKS; PELLET GEOMETRIES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

CATALYSTS; DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POROUS MATERIALS; VOLUME FRACTION;

EID: 34250804751     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie061444s     Document Type: Article

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