The relative importance of external and internal transport phenomena in three way catalysts

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1409-1422

  Santos, H ^a   Costa, M ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chemical reaction; Conversion efficiency; External mass transfer; Internal mass transfer; Three way catalyst

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; POROUS MATERIALS;

EXTERNAL MASS TRANSFER; INTERNAL MASS TRANSFER; THREE WAY CATALYST (TWC);

MASS TRANSFER;

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MASS TRANSFER; POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 39149133649     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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