Investigation of a rotating disc reactor for acetone stripping and asymmetric transfer hydrogenation: Modelling and experiments

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 741-755

  Zanfir, M ^a   Sun, X ^a   Gavriilidis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetone stripping; Asymmetric transfer hydrogenation; Gas liquid reactor; Modelling; Rotating disc reactor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGENATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THIN FILMS;

ACETONE STRIPPING; ASYMMETRIC TRANSFER HYDROGENATION; GAS LIQUID REACTOR; ROTATING DISC REACTOR;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGENATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THIN FILMS;

EID: 33845407594     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.09.034     Document Type: Article

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