Yield improvement of chemical reactions by using a microreactor and development of a pilot plant using the numbering-up of microreactors

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 512-519

  Togashi, Shigenori ^a   Miyamoto, Tetsuro ^a   Asano, Yukako ^a   Endo, Yoshishige ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consecutive reaction; Microreactors; Numbering up; Pilot plant; Yield improvement

Indexed keywords

BLADE SERVERS; CHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; CONSECUTIVE REACTION; MAXIMUM FLOW RATE; MICRO-REACTOR; MICROREACTORS; NITRATION REACTIONS; NUMBERING-UP; PRODUCTION SCALE; YIELD IMPROVEMENT;

BATCH REACTORS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

PILOT PLANTS;

EID: 68349122803     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.08we277     Document Type: Article

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