Design, scale up and safe piloting of thymol hydrogenation and menthol racemisation

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-90

  Dudas, Jozef ^a   Hanika, Jiří ^b  

^a BioSciences CSIR   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Gas liquid solid reaction; Menthol racemisation; Thymol hydrogenation; Trickle bed reactor

Indexed keywords

BATCH DATA PROCESSING; ENZYMES; HYDROGENATION; ISOMERS; MIXTURES; PHENOLS; PILOT PLANTS;

ADIABATIC SYSTEMS; BATCH PROCESSES; BENCH SCALES; CATALYST WETTING; CONTINUOUS PROCESSES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; ENZYME PRODUCTIVITIES; GAS-LIQUID-SOLID REACTION; HOT SPOTS; KEY OBJECTIVES; LABORATORY SCALES; MENTHOL RACEMISATION; OPTIMISATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; PILOT SCALES; POWER FAILURES; PROCESS SCALES; SAFETY PROBLEMS; SCALE-UP; SIDE PRODUCTS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; THYMOL HYDROGENATION; THYMOL HYDROGENATIONS; TRICKLE-BED REACTOR; TRICKLE-BED REACTORS;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 57649104676     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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