Hydrodynamics of a bubble column reactor staged with sintered metal fiber catalyst for continuous three-phase hydrogenation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 8602-8606

  Grasemann, Martin ^a   Semagina, Natalia ^a   Renken, Albert ^a   Kiwi Minsker, Lioubov ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; HYDROGENATION; SINTERING;

SEMIEMPIRICAL MODEL; STAGED BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR (SBCR);

HYDRODYNAMICS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGENATION; SINTERING;

EID: 37249004808     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0700718     Document Type: Conference Paper

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