Heterogeneous catalytic reactor design with optimum temperature profile II: Application of non-uniform catalyst

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 4245-4260

  Hwang, Sungwon ^a   Linke, Patrick ^a   Smith, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Non uniform catalyst; Optimisation; Reaction engineering; Reactor design; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; COOLING; DEGRADATION; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PELLETIZING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CATALYTIC REACTORS; NON-ADIABATIC REACTORS; REACTOR DESIGN; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CATALYST;

EID: 4544296486     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.05.036     Document Type: Article

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