Transmission probabilities and particle-wall contact for Knudsen diffusion in pores of variable diameter

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 6843-6850

  Albo, Simón E ^a   Broadbelt, Linda J ^a   Snurr, Randall Q ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Diffusion; Knudsen; Mass transfer; Porous media; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

KNUDSEN DIFFUSION; TRANSITION ANGLE; TRANSMISSION PROBABILITIES;

POROUS MATERIALS;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 35348997992     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.08.041     Document Type: Article

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