Hydrogenation of diethyl maleate in a fixed-bed catalytic reactor: Kinetics, reactor modelling and pilot plant studies

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 15-16, 1999, Pages 3643-3651

  Chaudhari, R V ^a   Jaganathan, R ^a   Vaidya, S H ^a   Chaudhari, S T ^a   Naik, R V ^a   Rode, C V ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Catalytic hydrogenation; Fixed bed reactor; Kinetics; Pilot plant studies; Reactor modelling

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS;

DIETHYL MALEATE; FIXED BED CATALYTIC REACTOR;

HYDROGENATION;

CATALYST; FIXED BED; HYDROGENATION; KINETICS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; REACTOR;

EID: 0033167250     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00511-9     Document Type: Article

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