Study of a multitubular fixed-bed reactor for ethylene production via ethane oxidative dehydrogenation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 308-315

  López, Eduardo ^a,c   Heracleous, Eleni ^b   Lemonidou, Angeliki A ^b   Borio, Daniel O ^a  

^a PLAPIQUI UNS CONICET   (Argentina)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalytic oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH); Ethane; Ethylene; Mathematical modeling; Multitubular reactor; Ni Nb O mixed oxide catalyst

Indexed keywords

AIR; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NIOBIUM; OXYGEN; RATE CONSTANTS;

CATALYTIC OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION (ODH); MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MULTITUBULAR REACTOR; NI-NB-O MIXED OXIDE CATALYST;

DEHYDROGENATION;

EID: 55049125602     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.08.029     Document Type: Article

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