Multiscale Nature Inspired Chemical Engineering

Multiscale Methods: Bridging the Scales in Science and Engineering

Volumn 9780199233854, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Coppens, Marc Olivier ^a  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Diffusion; Fluidization; Fractal; Holistic; Membranes; Natureinspired; Porous media; Power law; Scaling

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; DIFFUSION; FLUIDIZATION; MEMBRANES; POROUS MATERIALS;

ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; HOLISTIC; INVARIANT DISTRIBUTION; MICROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; MULTISCALE PROBLEM; NATUREINSPIRED; POWER-LAW; SCALING;

FRACTALS;

EID: 84867242677     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199233854.003.0016     Document Type: Chapter

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