CFD modeling on external mass transfer and intra-particle diffusional effects on the supercritical hydrogenation of sunflower oil

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 18-20, 2007, Pages 5054-5061

  Guardo, A ^a   Casanovas, M ^a   Ramirez E ^a   Recasens, F ^a   Magana I ^a   Martinez D ^a   Larrayoz, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemical reactors; Computational fluid dynamics; Hydrogenation; Mass transfer; Reaction engineering; Supercritical fluids

Indexed keywords

REACTION ENGINEERING; SUNFLOWER OIL;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROGENATION; MIXTURES; REACTION KINETICS; SOLVENTS;

DIFFUSION;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; HYDROGENATION; MIXTURES; REACTION KINETICS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 34547946369     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.01.080     Document Type: Article

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