Case study on tubular reactor hot-spot temperature control for throughput maximization

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 7257-7263

  Singh, Sadanand ^a   Lal, Shivangi ^a   Kaistha, Nitin ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; HYDROCARBONS; OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THROUGHPUT;

CASE STUDIES; CONTROL CONFIGURATIONS; COOLANT TEMPERATURES; DIRECT MANIPULATIONS; DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; HEAT REMOVAL CAPACITIES; INLET TEMPERATURES; IRREVERSIBLE; LARGE DEVIATIONS; PROCESS THROUGHPUTS; REACTOR COOLING; REACTOR TEMPERATURES; THROUGHPUT MAXIMIZATIONS; TUBULAR REACTORS;

PROPYLENE;

EID: 54249085053     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie071287c     Document Type: Article

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