Analysis of single and multi-stage membrane reactors for the oxidation of short-chain alkanes - Simulation study and pilot scale experiments

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 753-764

  Hamel, C ^a,b   Tota A ^b   Klose, F ^b   Tsotsas, E ^b   Seidel Morgenstern, A ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Membrane reactors; Modelling; Multi stage dosing; Pilot plant; Selectivity enhancement

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DEHYDROGENATION; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; MODELS; PACKED BEDS; PILOT PLANTS; PROPANE;

MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTIONS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MULTI-STAGE DOSING; OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATIONS; PACKED-BED MEMBRANE REACTORS; PILOT-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; SELECTIVITY ENHANCEMENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 47949121712     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.03.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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