Flow, transport, and reaction interactions for cylindrical particles with strongly endothermic reactions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 9026-9037

  Taskin, M Ertan ^a,c   Troupel, Alexandre ^a   Dixon, Anthony G ^a   Nijemeisland, Michiel ^b   Stitt, E Hugh ^b  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b JOHNSON MATTHEY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST PARTICLES; CYLINDRICAL PARTICLES; ENDOTHERMIC REACTIONS; HEATED TUBES; INTRAPARTICLE; METHANE STEAM REFORMING; NEAR-WALL; NONSYMMETRIC; NONUNIFORM; PELLET SURFACES; PROPANE DEHYDROGENATION; RATE DISTRIBUTIONS; STAGNANT FLOW; STEEP TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; SURFACE CONDITIONS; TEMPERATURE FIELD; TUBE WALLS;

CATALYSTS; FLOW FIELDS; METHANE; PROPANE; REACTION RATES; REFORMING REACTIONS; STEAM ENGINEERING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77957562396     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie1003619     Document Type: Article

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