Liquid Phase Hydrogenation of Maleic Anhydride to 1,4-Butanediol in a Packed Bubble Column Reactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 759-769

  Herrmann, Uwe ^a   Emig, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BUBBLE COLUMNS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; CATALYSTS; COPPER; KETONES; REACTION KINETICS;

BUTANEDIOL; BUTYROLACTONE; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; SUCCINIC ANHYDRIDE;

HYDROGENATION;

BUBBLE DISTILLATION COLUMN; HYDROGENATION; PACKED COLUMN;

EID: 0032029976     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie970275w     Document Type: Article

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