Crystallite-pore network model of transport and reaction of multicomponent gas mixtures in polycrystalline microporous media

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 254, Issue , 2014, Pages 545-558

  Ding, Wenjin ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Pfeifer, Peter ^a   Dittmeyer, Roland ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pore network model; Surface diffusion; Xylene isomerization; ZSM 5 membrane

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ISOMERIZATION; MEMBRANES; MICROPOROSITY; SURFACE DIFFUSION; XYLENE; ZEOLITES;

CRYSTALLITE ORIENTATION; MULTI-COMPONENT DIFFUSION; MULTICOMPONENT GAS-MIXTURES; PORE-NETWORK MODELING; SURFACE DIFFUSION MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL PORES; XYLENE ISOMERIZATION; ZSM-5 MEMBRANE;

ISOMERS;

EID: 84903169415     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.05.081     Document Type: Article

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