Gas-lift reactor for hydrogen sulfide removal

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6115-6122

  Limtrakul, Sunun ^a   Rojanamatin, Sudtida ^a   Vatanatham, Terdthai ^a   Ramachandran, Palghat A ^b  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCIRCULATION REACTORS; GAS-LIFT REACTORS; LO-CAT PROCESS; OPERATING CONDITIONS;

ACETIC ACID; CATALYST REGENERATION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DEGRADATION;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

EID: 23844431649     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049166p     Document Type: Article

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