Hydrodynamic simulation of methanol synthesis in gas-liquid slurry bubble column reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 573-587

  Wu, Yuanxiang ^a   Gidaspow, Dimitri ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; CATALYSTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; METHANOL; RHEOLOGY; SLURRIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); SYNTHESIS GAS; TURBULENT FLOW;

SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMN REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

BUBBLE DISTILLATION COLUMN; HYDRODYNAMICS; METHANOL; MODELING; SLURRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033527492     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00313-9     Document Type: Article

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