A scale-up strategy for low-temperature methanol synthesis in a circulating slurry bubble reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1459-1469

  Zhang, Kai ^a,b   Zhao, Yulong ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF COAL CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Catalytic reaction; Circulating slurry bubble reactor; Hydrodynamics; Low temperature methanol synthesis; Scale up strategy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; AUTOCLAVES; CATALYSTS; COAL; HYDROCARBONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NATURAL GAS; SLURRIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CATALYTIC REACTION; CIRCULATING SLURRY BUBBLE REACTOR; LOW-TEMPERATURE METHANOL SYNTHESIS; SCALE-UP STRATEGY;

METHANOL;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 30344458216     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.08.040     Document Type: Article

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