Intermediate product yield enhancement with a catalytic inorganic membrane - II. Nonisothermal and integral operation in a back-mixed reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1923-1939

  Harold, Michael P ^a   Chin, Lee ^b  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion and reaction; Inorganic membranes; Membrane reactors; Partial oxidation

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACK MIXED CATALYTIC MEMBRANE REACTOR; FEED RATIO;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0343307120     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00024-9     Document Type: Article

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