Activated carbon-tungstophosphoric acid catalysts for the synthesis of tert-amyl ethyl ether (TAEE)

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 548-555

  Obali, Zeynep ^a   Doǧu, Timur ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Heteropoly acid catalyst; Impregnation technique; Isoamylene; Molybdophosphoric acid; TAEE; Tungstophoshoric acid

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; ETHERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HETEROPOLY ACID CATALYST; ISOAMYLENE; MOLYBDOPHOSPHORIC ACID; TUNGSTOPHOSHORIC ACID;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; ETHERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 40749150643     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.07.077     Document Type: Article

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