Evaluation of local pore sizes and transport properties in porous catalysts

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2352-2360

  Novak V ^a   Stepanek F ^a   Koci P ^a   Marek, M ^a   Kubicek M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Effective diffusion; Knudsen diffusion; Mathematical modelling; Molecular dynamics; Pore size distribution; Porous structure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING SPEED; CONTINUUM-BASED MODELS; CYLINDRICAL PORES; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION; KNUDSEN DIFFUSION; KNUDSEN DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHODS; PORE RADIUS; POROUS CATALYSTS; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS MEDIUM; POROUS STRUCTURES; RANDOM MEDIA; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POROUS MATERIALS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

PORE SIZE;

EID: 77649184824     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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