Supercritical water oxidation: Fundamentals and reactor modeling

Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 79-87

  Bermejo, María Dolores ^a   Rincón, Daniel ^a   Vazquez, Victoria ^a   Cocero, María José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

CFD; Reactor modelling; Supercritical water oxidation; Water physical properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015480790     PISSN: 14519372     EISSN: 22177434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/CICEQ0702079B     Document Type: Article

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