Catalytic hydrogenation reactors for the fine chemicals industries. Their design and operation

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-27

  Westerterp, K R ^a   Molga, E J ^a,b   Van Gelder, K B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c DOW BENELUX B V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catalytic hydrogenation reactor; Packed bed bubble column reactor; Reactor design

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENATION; MACHINE DESIGN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PACKED BEDS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STOICHIOMETRY; TOLUENE;

CATALYTIC HYDROGENATION REACTORS; DINITROTOLUENE; HYDROGEN SUPPLY RATIO; PACKED BED BUBBLE COLUMN REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0031076084     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0255-2701(96)04168-2     Document Type: Article

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