Optimal policies of operation of a fixed-bed reactor for oxidation of o-xylene into phthalic anhydride

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3424-3433

  Anastasov, Asen I ^a   Nikolov, Valentin A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OXIDATION;

FIXED-BED REACTORS; PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE;

XYLENE;

EID: 0032141759     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9708844     Document Type: Article

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