Advanced visualization strategies bridge the multidimensional complexity of technical catalysts

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 304-311

  Mitchell, Sharon ^a   Michels, Nina Luisa ^a   Majano, Gerardo ^a   Pérez Ramírez, Javier ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MASS TRANSFER; VISUALIZATION;

ACTIVE SURFACES; ADVANCED VISUALIZATIONS; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; INDUSTRIAL REACTORS; STATE OF THE ART; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT; TOMOGRAPHIC METHODS;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84888316426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2013.04.005     Document Type: Review

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