A Survey of Multicomponent Mass Diffusion Flux Closures for Porous Pellets: Mass and Molar Forms

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-126

  Solsvik, Jannike ^a   Jakobsen, Hugo A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bosanquet; Dusty gas; Intra particle diffusion; Maxwell Stefan; Multicomponent diffusion; Wilke

Indexed keywords

BOSANQUET; DUSTY GAS; INTRA-PARTICLE DIFFUSION; MAXWELL-STEFAN; MULTI-COMPONENT DIFFUSION; WILKE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DEHYDRATION; DIFFUSION; FUELS; GAS DYNAMICS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METHANOL; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; REACTION RATES; VELOCITY;

PELLETIZING;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DIFFUSION; GAS FLOW; METHANOL; POROUS MEDIUM; REACTION RATE;

EID: 84859111526     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-012-9946-7     Document Type: Article

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