Hydrogenation of 1,5,9-cyclododecatriene in fixed-bed reactors: Down- vs. upflow modes

AIChE Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 110-125

  Chaudhari, R V ^a   Jaganathan, R ^a   Mathew, S P ^a   Julcour, C ^b   Delmas, H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; HYDROGENATION; MASS TRANSFER; WETTING;

FIXED-BED REACTORS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1,5,9 CYCLODODECATRIENE; ALUMINUM OXIDE; DODECANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYST; HYDROGENATION; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; TRICKLE BED REACTOR; WETTING;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; FILTER REACTOR; FIXED BED REACTOR; HYDROGENATION; MODEL; TEMPERATURE; UPFLOW REACTOR;

EID: 0036162152     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690480112     Document Type: Article

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