Monolithic reactors for fine chemicals industries: A comparative analysis of a monolithic reactor and a mechanically agitated slurry reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 1999, Pages 2351-2358

  Cybulski, A ^a   Stankiewicz, A ^b   Edvinsson Albers, R K ^b,c   Moulijn, J A ^b  

^a CHEMIPAN R and D Laboratories   (Poland)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Eka Chemicals AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hydrogenation; Modeling; Monolith; Monolithic reactor; Slurry reactor

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HYDROGENATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

FINE CHEMICALS; MECHANICALLY AGITATED SLURRY REACTORS; MONOLITHIC REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

HYDROGENATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; REACTOR; SLURRY; THREE-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0033166101     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00350-9     Document Type: Article

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