Coated-wall reactor modeling-criteria for neglecting radial concentration gradients. 1. Empty reactor tubes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3863-3870

  Berger, Rob J ^a   Kapteijn, Freek ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PECLET NUMBER; REACTION KINETICS;

COATED-WALL REACTOR; RADIAL MASS TRANSFER; REACTOR GEOMETRY;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PECLET NUMBER; REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 34250878956     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0612313     Document Type: Article

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