Combining reaction with distillation: Hydrodynamic and mass transfer performance of modular catalytic structured packings

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 84, Issue 5 A, 2006, Pages 381-389

  Behrens, M ^a   Olujic Z ^b   Jansens, P J ^b  

^a AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capacity; HETP; Katapak SP; Liquid hold up; Pressure drop; Reactive distillation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DISTILLATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP;

CATALYTIC DISTILLATION; CATALYTIC STRUCTURED PACKINGS; LIQUID HOLD-UP; MODULAR PACKING; REACTIVE DISTILLATION;

PACKED BEDS;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DISTILLATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 33745229686     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd05067     Document Type: Article

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