A catalyst deposited over the external surface of the reactor tubes - A new solution for carrying out heterogeneous catalytic processes

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-87

  Anastasov, Asen I ^a   Nikolov, Valentin A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Industrial; Mathematical simulation; New design; Optimization; Phthalic anhydride

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ELECTRIC REACTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION;

REACTOR TUBES;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ORTHO XYLENE; PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE;

CATALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; PRODUCTIVITY; REACTOR;

EID: 0036462570     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450800109     Document Type: Article

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