Optimum catalyst size for slurry bubble column reactors

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6393-6402

  Gamwo, Isaac K ^a   Gidaspow, Dimitri ^b   Jung, Jonghwun ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST SIZE; GRANULAR FLOW; SLURRY BUBBLE-COLUMN REACTOR (SBCR); TEMPERATURE BALANCE;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC THEORY; LIQUID FUELS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANOL; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SLURRIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VISCOSITY;

CATALYSTS;

BUBBLE COLUMN; SLURRY;

EID: 23844510362     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049205x     Document Type: Article

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