Simulation of reverse flow operation for manipulation of catalyst surface coverage in the selective oxidation of ammonia

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 4125-4135

  Budhi, Y W ^a   Jaree, A ^a,b   Hoebink, J H B J ^a   Schouten, J C ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Feed concentration programming; Modeling; Reverse flow reactor; Selectivity; Simulation; Transient response

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

REVERSE FLOW OPERATION; SELECTIVE OXIDATION;

OXIDATION;

AMMONIA; CATALYST; OXIDATION; REVERSE FLOW;

EID: 4444275580     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.04.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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