Kinetic and transport processes in the heterogeneous catalytic hydrogenation of polystyrene

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 3509-3515

  Xu, Dawei ^a   Carbonell, Ruben G ^a   Kiserow, Douglas J ^a,b   Roberts, George W ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; DIFFUSION; HYDROGENATION; MASS TRANSFER;

CATALYST PARTICLES;

POLYSTYRENES;

BARIUM SULFATE; HYDROGEN; PALLADIUM; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE;

BATCH PROCESS; CATALYSIS; HYDROGENATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; KINETICS; POLYSTYRENE; TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; GAS; HYDROGENATION; KINETICS; LIQUID; PRESSURE; SOLID; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0038383359     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0301841     Document Type: Article

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