Multicomponent mass diffusion in porous pellets: Effects of flux models on the pellet level and impacts on the reactor level. Application to methanol synthesis

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-76

  Solsvik, Jannike ^a   Jakobsen, Hugo A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dusty gas; Fixed bed reactor; Intra particle diffusion; Maxwell Stefan; Multicomponent diffusion; Wilke

Indexed keywords

DUSTY GAS; FIXED-BED REACTORS; INTRA-PARTICLE DIFFUSION; MAXWELL-STEFAN; MULTI-COMPONENT DIFFUSION; WILKE;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METHANOL; PACKED BEDS; PELLETIZING; REACTOR OPERATION; SYNTHESIS GAS MANUFACTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84859099747     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20680     Document Type: Article

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