Microfabricated multiphase reactors for the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from hydrogen and oxygen

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1153-1160

  Inoue, Tomoya ^a,b   Schmidt, Martin A ^a   Jensen, Klavs F ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCHEMICAL REACTORS; MULTIPHASE REACTORS; PACKED BED CATALYST;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DECOMPOSITION; MICROCHANNELS; PACKED BEDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DECOMPOSITION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICROCHANNELS; PACKED BEDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 33847651754     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie061277w     Document Type: Article

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