Adiabatic laboratory reactor design and verification

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 9440-9445

  De Klerk, Arno ^a  

^a SASOL TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COAL; DESIGN; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HYDROGENATION; NAPHTHALENE;

FIXED BED REACTOR; NAPHTHA HYDROGENATION; RADIAL AND AXIAL HEAT; SPACE VELOCITY;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; DESIGN; REACTOR;

EID: 29544434021     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie050212a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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