Horizontal cross-flow bubble column reactors: CFD and validation by plant scale tracer experiments

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 18-20, 2007, Pages 5495-5502

  Klusener, P A A ^a   Jonkers, G ^a   During, F ^a   Hollander, E D ^a   Schellekens, C J ^a   Ploemen, I H J ^a   Othman, A ^a   Bos, A N R ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble column; CFD; Ethyl benzene; PO; Propylene oxide; Radioactive tracer; SMPO

Indexed keywords

ETHYLBENZENE OXIDATION PLANT; PROPYLENE OXIDE;

CATALYST SELECTIVITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ETHYLBENZENE; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ETHYLBENZENE; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 34547946553     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.03.044     Document Type: Article

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