Scaling and sensitivity analysis of a reverse flow reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 342-355

  Balaji, S ^a   Lakshminarayanan, S ^a   Krantz, William B ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Autothermal behavior; Methane combustion; Reverse flow reactor; Scaling analysis; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MASS TRANSFER; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROCESS CONTROL;

AUTOTHERMAL BEHAVIOR; METHANE COMBUSTION; REVERSE FLOW REACTOR; SCALING ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; MASS TRANSFER; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 36148998025     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.09.025     Document Type: Article

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