Reaction-diffusion model for irregularly shaped ammonia synthesis catalyst and its verification under high pressure

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 8926-8933

  Li, Tao ^a   Xu, Mao Sheng ^a   Zhu, Bing Chen ^a   Fang, Ding Ye ^a   Ying, Wei Yong ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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Indexed keywords

AMMONIA SYNTHESIS CATALYST; BROYDEN METHOD; CALCULATION DATA; CATALYST ENGINEERING; CATALYST PREPARATION; CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; EFFICIENCY FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GLOBAL KINETICS; HIGH PRESSURE; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; INTERNAL-DIFFUSION; INTRINSIC KINETICS; MODEL EQUATIONS; MULTI-COMPONENT REACTIONS; ORTHOGONAL COLLOCATION; REACTION-DIFFUSION MODELS; REACTOR DESIGNS; SHAPE FACTOR; TORTUOSITY FACTOR;

AMMONIA; CATALYSIS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; KINETIC THEORY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PELLETIZING; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CATALYSTS;

EID: 70349672840     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9001266     Document Type: Article

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