Effects of induced pulsing flow on trickle-bed reactor performance

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2139-2145

  Wilhite, B A ^a   Huang, X ^a   McCready, M J ^a   Varma, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; HYDROGENATION; STEADY FLOW; STYRENE;

TRICKLE-BED REACTORS;

PULSATILE FLOW;

ACETYLENE; ALUMINUM OXIDE; PHENYLACETYLENE; PLATINUM; STYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EFFICIENCY; OPERATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PULSATING FLOW; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

ARTICLE; AVERAGING; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLING; FLOW KINETICS; HYDROGENATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PHYSICAL MODEL; PULSATILE FLOW; REACTOR; STEADY STATE; TIME; TRICKLE BED REACTOR; TRICKLING FILTER;

EID: 0038326906     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie020591x     Document Type: Article

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