Analysis of the performance of single capillary and multiple capillary (monolith) reactors for the multiphase Pd-catalyzed hydrogenation of 2-butyne-1,4-diol

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 22-23, 2004, Pages 5431-5438

  Natividad, R ^a   Kulkarni, R ^a   Nuithitikul, K ^a   Raymahasay, S ^b   Wood, J ^a   Winterbottom, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b PO Box 11676   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bubble columns; Hydrodynamics; Kinetics; Mass transfer; Multiphase flow; Multiphase reactors

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC REACTORS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOLVENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MULTIPLE-CAPILLARY REACTORS; REACTION FLUIDS; SURFACE CONCENTRATION; WATER SOLVENTS;

HYDROGENATION;

BUBBLE COLUMN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 10044284264     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.09.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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