Phase equilibrium engineering of supercritical hydrogenation reactors

AIChE Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2635-2645

  Pereda, Selva ^a   Bottini, Susana B ^a   Brignole, Esteban A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROGENATION; SOLVENTS; VEGETABLE OILS;

HYDROGENATION REACTORS;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

FATTY ACID ESTER; SOLVENT; VEGETABLE OIL;

EQUATION OF STATE; HYDROGENATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; REACTOR;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; HYDROGENATION; PHASE TRANSITION; REACTOR; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0036827423     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690481123     Document Type: Article

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