Study of mass transfer characteristcs of a cocurrent downflow bubble column reactor using hydrogenation of itaconic acid

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2715-2720

  Lu, Xiao Xiong ^a   Boyes, A P ^b   Winterbottom, J M ^b  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; HYDROGENATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHASE INTERFACES; REACTION KINETICS;

COCURRENT DOWNFLOW BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; ITACONIC ACID;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

DISTILLATION COLUMN-BUBBLE; MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 0030173985     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(96)00141-8     Document Type: Article

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