Trickle-bed reactor models for systems with a volatile liquid phase

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 1999, Pages 2421-2431

  Khadilkar, M R ^a,c   Mills, P L ^b   Dudukovic, M P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c GE Plastics   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclohexene hydrogenation; Hysteresis; Modeling; Multicomponent transport; Multiplicity; Three phase; Trickle bed reactors; Volatile liquids

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDROGENATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VAPORIZATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CYCLOHEXENE; MULTICOMPONENT TRANSPORT; TRICKLE BED REACTOR; VOLATILE LIQUID PHASE;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

HYDROGENATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; TRICKLE BED REACTOR; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 6544291115     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00503-X     Document Type: Article

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