Effect of the catalyst wettability on the performance of a trickle-bed reactor for ethanol oxidation as a case study

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 4811-4816

  Horowitz, G I ^a   Martinez O ^b,c   Cukierman, A L ^a   Cassanello, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Beds wetting; Hydrophobic catalyst; Multiphase reactors; Particles wettability; Trickle beds; Wet ethanol oxidation

Indexed keywords

CATALYST SUPPORTS; ETHANOL; HYDROPHOBICITY; OXIDATION; PACKED BEDS; WETTING;

MULTIPHASE REACTORS; TRICKLE BEDS; WETTABILITY;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CATALYST; ETHANOL; OXIDATION; TRICKLE BED REACTOR; WETTING;

EID: 0033231889     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00198-0     Document Type: Article

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