Carbon nanotube reactor: Ferrocene decomposition, iron particle growth, nanotube aggregation and scale-up

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2965-2977

  Conroy, Devin ^a   Moisala, Anna ^a   Cardoso, Silvana ^a   Windle, Alan ^a   Davidson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Chemical reactors; Coagulation; Fluid mechanics; Particle

Indexed keywords

BIG PARTICLES; CATALYST SIZE; DIFFUSION AND CONVECTION; FERROCENES; GAS CONVECTION; GAS TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN FLOW; HYDROGEN GAS; INJECTION TUBES; IRON PARTICLES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NANOTUBE AGGREGATION; PARABOLIC VELOCITY PROFILE; POISEUILLE FLOW; REACTOR CONDITIONS; RESIDENCE TIME; SCALE-UP; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TUBULAR REACTORS; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHEMICALS; COAGULATION; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); COUPLED CIRCUITS; DECOMPOSITION; ETHANOL; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDROGEN; IRON COMPOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; THIOPHENE;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 77950596317     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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