Performance of an Internally Circulating Fluidized-Bed Reactor for the Catalytic Oxidative Coupling of Methane

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 610-619

  Mleczko, L ^a   Marschall, K J ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Internally circulating fluidized bed reactor; Methane; Oxidative coupling

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; METHANE; OXIDATION; OXIDES;

FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; OXIDATIVE COUPLING;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

COUPLING; FLUIDIZED BED; METHANE; PERFORMANCE TEST;

EID: 0031158648     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450750315     Document Type: Article

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