Characteristics of Fluidized-Bed Membrane Reactors: Scale-up and Practical Issues

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4549-4556

  Adris, Alaa Eldin M ^a   Grace, John R ^b  

^a SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE REACTOR; REACTOR DESIGN; SCALE-UP;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; REFORMING REACTIONS; STEAM CRACKING; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

FLUIDIZED BED MEMBRANE REACTORS (FBMR); STEAM METHANE REFORMING;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

FLUIDIZED BED; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MEMBRANE; REACTOR;

EID: 0031277869     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie970108w     Document Type: Article

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