Equilibrium shift in membrane reactors: A thermodynamic analysis of the dehydrogenative conversion of alkanes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 319, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 279-285

  Rezai, Seyed Alireza Sadat ^a   Traa, Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dehydrogenation; Equilibrium shift; Membrane reactor; Non oxidative alkane activation; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

DEHYDROGENATION; EXTRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EQUILIBRIUM SHIFT; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NON-OXIDATIVE ALKANE ACTIVATION;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; HYDROGEN;

DEHYDROGENATION; EXTRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAFFINS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEHYDROGENATION; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 44249118512     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.03.051     Document Type: Article

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