A nature-inspired approach to reactor and catalysis engineering

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-289

  Coppens, Marc Olivi ^a  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

BALANCED FORCES; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROCESS; HIERARCHICAL NETWORK; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; MULTIPLE SCALE; SCALABLE SOLUTION; STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 84867239462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2012.03.002     Document Type: Review

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