Modeling of trickle-bed reactors with exothermic reactions using cell network approach

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 751-764

  Guo, Jing ^a   Jiang, Yi ^b   Al Dahhan, Muthanna H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Corning Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Evaporation; Multi phase flow; Reaction kinetics; Trickle bed reactors

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; REACTION KINETICS;

MASS TRANSFER-REACTION MODEL; TRICKLE BED REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 37049030367     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.09.050     Document Type: Article

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