Controlling homogeneous chemistry in homogeneous-heterogeneous reactors: Application to propane combustion

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 5962-5968

  Stefanidis, Georgios D ^a   Vlachos, Dionisios G ^a  

^a University of Delaware   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST LIFETIME; CATALYTIC CHEMISTRY; CATALYTIC PLATES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; EXCHANGE RATES; GAP SIZE; HETEROGENEOUS REACTORS; HOMOGENEOUS CHEMISTRY; INDUCED HEATING; MICRO-REACTOR; OPERATION STRATEGY; OXIDATIVE COUPLING REACTIONS; OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATIONS; PROPANE COMBUSTION; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; REACTOR GAP SIZES;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEHYDROGENATION; PLATINUM; PROPANE; QUENCHING; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL BONDS;

EID: 67650792958     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie801480m     Document Type: Article

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