Kinetic studies on the dimerization of isobutene with ion-exchange resin in the presence of water as a selectivity enhancer

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1312-1323

  Talwalkar, Sandip ^a,b   Chauhan, Mehul ^a   Aghalayam, Preeti ^a   Qi, Zhiwen ^b   Sundmacher, Kai ^b,c   Mahajani, Sanjay ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIMERIZATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; HYDROGENATION; ION EXCHANGE; REACTION KINETICS;

BATCH REACTOR; FIXED BATCH REACTOR; ISOBUTENE; ISOOCTANE;

BUTENES;

BUTENES; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIMERIZATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; HYDROGENATION; ION EXCHANGE; REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 33644764059     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie050922g     Document Type: Article

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