The catalytic hydrogenation of aromatic nitro ketone in a microreactor: Reactor performance and kinetic studies

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Tadepalli, Sunitha ^a   Lawal, Adeniyi ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic hydrogenation; Kinetics; Nitro aromatics; Packed bed microreactor; Reactor modeling

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; BATCH REACTORS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGENATION; KETONES; KINETIC THEORY; MASS TRANSFER; PACKED BEDS; REACTION RATES; SUBSTRATES;

CATALYTIC HYDROGENATION; HEAT TRANSFER LIMITATION; KINETIC STUDY; MASS AND HEAT TRANSFERS; MASS TRANSFER LIMITATION; MICRO-REACTOR; NITRO-AROMATICS; PACKED BED MICROREACTORS; REACTOR MODELLING; REACTOR PERFORMANCE;

KINETICS;

EID: 62649125341     PISSN: 21945748     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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