Numerical investigation of nonisothermal reduction of hematite using Syngas: The shaft scale study

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 487-507

  Valipour, Mohammad Sadegh ^a   Saboohi, Yadollah ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS GAS; WATER VAPOR;

CYLINDRICAL REACTORS; HEMATITE PELLETS; NONISOTHERMAL REDUCTION; REDUCTION ZONE; UNREACTED SHRINKING CORE MODEL (USCM);

HEMATITE;

EID: 34547481414     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: 1361651X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/15/5/008     Document Type: Article

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