Multi-parameter optimisation of carbon nanotube synthesis in fluidised-beds

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 3614-3621

  See, Chee Howe ^a   MacKenzie, Kieran J ^a   Dunens, Oscar M ^a   Harris, Andrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Chemical processes; Chemical vapour deposition; Fluidization; Powder technology; Scale up

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; ALUMINA-SUPPORTED; CARBON NANOTUBE SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL PROCESSES; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; CONVERSION RATES; DEPOSITION TIME; ETHYLENE GAS; FLUIDISED-BED; GLOBAL OPTIMISATION; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HIGHER-DEGREE; MULTIPARAMETER; NANOTUBE FORMATION; OPTIMUM SYNTHESIS; POWDER TECHNOLOGY; SCALE-UP; STATISTICAL DESIGN;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ETHYLENE; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; GRAPHITE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); POWDERS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 67649672623     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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