Comparison of different reactor types used in the manufacture of ethoxylated, propoxylated products

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 9482-9489

  Di Serio, Martino ^a   Tesser, Riccardo ^a   Santacesaria, Elio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; GLYCOLS; MASS TRANSFER; REACTION KINETICS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ETHOXYLATION; PROPOXYLATION; SPRAY TOWER LOOP REACTORS; VENTURI LOOP REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTION; ETHOXYLATION; REACTOR;

EID: 29544436085     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0502234     Document Type: Conference Paper

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