Clean oxidation of alcohols in a trickle-bed reactor with liquid flow modulation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 5275-5284

  Muzen, Alexandra ^a   Fraguío, María Sol ^a   Cassanello, Miryan C ^a   Ayude, María Alejandra ^b   Haure, Patricia M ^b   Martínez, Osvaldo M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

CATALYTIC OXIDATION; LIQUID FLOW MODULATION; MILD OPERATING CONDITIONS; MOLECULAR OXYGEN;

ALCOHOLS;

LIQUID FLOW; OXIDATION; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

EID: 22744434404     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0491995     Document Type: Article

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