Effect of Catalyst Distribution in a Membrane Reactor: Experiments and Model

AIChE Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2059-2072

  Szegner, John ^a   Yeung, King Lun ^a,b   Varma, Arvind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DEHYDROGENATION; ETHANE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANES; PACKED BEDS; REACTION KINETICS;

PACKED BED MEMBRANE REACTORS (PBMR);

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0031207749     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690430814     Document Type: Article

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