Methanol oxidative dehydrogenation in a packed-bed membrane reactor: Yield optimization experiments and model

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3-6, 2003, Pages 801-807

  Diakov, Victor ^a   Varma, Arvind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixed bed reactor; Membrane reactor; Methanol; Optimization; Partial oxidation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; DEHYDROGENATION; FORMALDEHYDE; OXIDATION; PACKED BEDS;

FIXED BED REACTORS;

METHANOL;

BIOREACTOR; DEHYDROGENATION; MEMBRANE; METHANOL; MODELING; PACKED BED;

EID: 0037289616     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00610-3     Document Type: Article

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