Isobutene hydration in a countercurrent flow fixed bed reactor

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 533-539

  Zhang, C M ^a   Adesina, A A ^a   Wainwright, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell model; Countercurrent flow fixed bed reactor; Isobutene hydration

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; HYDRATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS;

FIXED BED REACTORS;

BUTENES;

COUNTERCURRENT FLOW; FIXED BED; HYDRATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

EID: 0347028471     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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