Hydrogenation of 2,4-Dinitrotoluene Using a Pd/Al2O3 Catalyst in a Slurry Reactor: A Molecular Level Approach to Kinetic Modeling and Nonisothermal Effects

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 592-604

  Rajashekharam, Malyala V ^a   Nikalje, Dattu D ^a   Jaganathan, Rengaswamy ^a   Chaudhari, Raghunath V ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; DIFFUSION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDROGENATION; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; NUCLEAR REACTORS; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE;

DINITROTOLUENE; INTRAPARTICLE DIFFUSIONAL EFFECTS; KINETIC MODEL; NONISOTHERMAL EFFECTS; SLURRY REACTOR;

TOLUENE;

EID: 0031094486     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie960365l     Document Type: Article

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