Modeling catalytic trickle-bed and upflow packed-bed reactors for wet air oxidation of phenol with phase change

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 6634-6642

  Guo, Jing ^a   Al Dahhan, Muthanna ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC TRICKLE-BED; LIQUID PHASE; PACKET-BED REACTORS; STEADY-STATE OPERATION;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WETTING;

PHENOLS;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; OXIDATION; PACKED BED; PHENOL; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

EID: 24144438267     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie050335v     Document Type: Article

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