Innovations in chemical reaction processes using supercritical water: An environmental application to the production of ε-caprolactam

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3-6, 2003, Pages 935-941

  Ikushima, Yutaka ^a,b   Sato, Osamu ^a   Sato, Masahiro ^a   Hatakeda, Kiyotaka ^a   Arai, Masahiko ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beckmann rearrangement; Environment; Processes; Selectivity; Supercritical fluid; Caprolactam

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HYDROLYSIS; PYROLYSIS; QUENCHING;

SUPERCRITICAL WATER;

WATER;

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PRODUCT; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; NYLON; REACTION; SUPERCRITICAL WATER;

EID: 0037289620     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00631-0     Document Type: Article

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