Modeling of a packed-bed electrochemical reactor for producing glyoxylic acid from oxalic acid

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 6784-6793

  Li, Jun ^a   Hu, Xiaohui ^a   Su, Yuzhong ^a   Li, Qingbiao ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Continuous operation; Cooled cathode; Electrochemical reactor; Glyoxylic acid; Mathematical modeling; Packed bed

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; REACTION KINETICS;

CONTINUOUS OPERATION; COOLED CATHODE; GLYOXYLIC ACID; OXALIC ACID;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

ALGEBRA; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 35348985979     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.02.021     Document Type: Article

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