Monolithic catalysts for the chemical industry

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 4602-4611

  Boger, Thorsten ^a   Heibel, Achim K ^a   Sorensen, Charles M ^a  

^a Corning GmbH ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; SLURRIES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ADIABATIC FIXED-BED PROCESSES; HONEYCOMB SHAPED MONOLITHIC CATALYSTS; MONOLITH TECHNOLOGY;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

CATALYST;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FIXED BED REACTOR; GAS; PRESSURE; REACTOR; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 3542992666     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie030730q     Document Type: Article

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