Fixed-bed hydrogenation at supercritical conditions to form fatty alcohols: The dramatic effects caused by phase transitions in the reactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 5052-5057

  Van Hark, Sander Den ^a,b   Härröd, Magnus ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROGENATION; PRESSURE DROP; RATE CONSTANTS; SUBSTRATES; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

FIXED-BED HYDROGENATION;

ALCOHOLS;

EGG SHELL; FATTY ACID ESTER; FATTY ALCOHOL; HYDROGEN; PROPANE;

ALCOHOL; CATALYST; ESTER; FATTY ACID; HYDROGENATION; REACTOR; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; GAS; HYDROGENATION; LIQUID; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTOR; SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0035203771     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie000951l     Document Type: Conference Paper

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