Modelling and scale-up of a loop reactor for hydrogenation processes

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 1999, Pages 2793-2798

  Lehtonen, Juha ^a   Kaplin, Jyri ^b   Salmi, Tapio ^b   Haario, Heikki ^c   Vuori, Antti ^d   Tirronen, Esko ^d  

^a Technology Centre   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c Profmath Oy   (Finland)

^d KEMIRA OYJ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dynamic modelling; Loop reactor; Reductive alkylation; Scale up

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEHYDROGENATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISPERSIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AXIAL DISPERSION CONCEPTS; LOOP REACTOR; REDUCTIVE ALKYLATION; SCALE UP;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

DYNAMIC MODELING; HYDROGENATION; REACTOR;

EID: 0033166490     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00502-8     Document Type: Article

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