Microstructured mesh contactor for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation with simultaneous stripping: Modeling and experiments

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 8995-9005

  Zanfir, M ^a   Sun, X ^a   Gavriilidis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BATCH REACTORS; BINARY MIXTURES; EXPERIMENTS; GASES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENATION; INERT GASES; KETONES; LIQUIDS; MACHINERY; METAL RECOVERY; MIXTURES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SOLVENTS; STRIPPING (REMOVAL);

ACETOPHENONE; ASYMMETRIC TRANSFER HYDROGENATIONS; ASYMMETRIC TRANSFERS; DIMENSIONAL MODELS; DRY NITROGENS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GAS PHASE; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSTS; HYDROGEN DONORS; INLET GASSES; ISO PROPANOLS; LIQUID PHASE; LIQUID PHASES; PARALLEL METAL PLATES; REACTION TIMES; SIMULTANEOUS EVAPORATIONS; STRIPPING AGENTS;

STRIPPING (DYES);

EID: 57949083974     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie071653s     Document Type: Article

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