Continuous adiabatic industrial benzene nitration with mixed acid at a pilot plant scale

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Quadros, Paulo A ^a   Oliveira, Nuno M C ^a   Baptista, Cristina M S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Benzene nitration; Film model; Heterogeneous reaction; Intermediate reaction regime; Liquid liquid reaction; Mass transfer

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATION; NITRIC ACID; SULFURIC ACID;

BENZENE NITRATION; MIXED ACID; MOLAR FEED RATIO; MONONITROBENZENE;

BENZENE;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION;

EID: 17144393293     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2004.12.022     Document Type: Article

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