Fluidized bed reactors with two-zones for maleic anhydride production: Different configurations and effect of scale

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 8945-8951

  Gascón, Jorge ^a   Téllez, Carlos ^a   Herguido, Javier ^a   Menéndez, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLAMMABILITY; FLUIDIZED BEDS; OXIDATION; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; SEPARATION; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; PARTIAL OXIDATION; SELECTIVITY; TWO-ZONE FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS (TZFBR);

BUTANE;

FLUIDIZED BED; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; OXIDATION; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE;

EID: 29144526639     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie050638p     Document Type: Article

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