Defining conditions where the use of porous membrane reactors can be justified solely on the basis of improved yield

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 3075-3083

  Reo, Christopher M ^a   Bernstein, Lewis A ^a   Lund, Carl R F ^a  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; MEMBRANES; OLEFINS; PARAFFINS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

POROUS MEMBRANE REACTOR;

DEHYDROGENATION;

MEMBRANES; PLUG FLOW; REACTORS;

EID: 0343376110     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)80951-7     Document Type: Article

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