Modelling of a trickle-bed reactor II. The hydrogenation of 3-hydroxypropanal to 1,3-propanediol

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-19

  Valerius, G ^a   Zhu, X ^a   Hofmann, H ^a   Arntz, D ^b   Haas, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

1,3 Propanediol; 3 Hydroxypropanal; Hydrogenation; Modelling; Trickle bed reactor

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COMPOSITION; HYDROGENATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WETTING;

ACROLEIN; CYLINDER SHELL MODEL; EFFECTIVENESS FACTOR; HYDROXYPROPANAL; MASS BALANCE EQUATIONS; PROPANEDIOL; SPINNING BASKET REACTORS; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0029757248     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0255-2701(95)04101-X     Document Type: Article

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