Enhanced liquid-solid mass transfer in microchannels by a layer of carbon nanofibers

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 167, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 671-680

  de Loos, S R A ^a   van der Schaaf, J ^a   de Croon, M H J M ^a   Nijhuis, T A ^a   Schouten, J C ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofibers; Hydrogenation; Mass transfer; Microchannel

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBLE SURFACE AREAS; CATALYST DEPOSITION; FLAT PLATE; KINETIC REACTIONS; LIQUID PHASE; LIQUID-SOLID MASS TRANSFER; MICROCHANNEL WALLS; OVERALL RATE; RATE INCREASE; RATE OF REACTION; REACTOR VOLUME; SELECTIVE HYDROGENATION; THIN LAYERS;

ACETYLENE; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CATALYSTS; HYDROGENATION; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; REACTION RATES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 79952441120     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.09.089     Document Type: Article

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