Role of nitrous acid decomposition in absorber and bleacher in nitric acid plant

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 851-858

  Ingale, N D ^a   Chatterjee, I B ^a   Joshi, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

HNO2 concentration profile in bleacher; HNO2 decomposition; HNO2 oxidation with O2; HNO3 and HNO2 concentration profile in absorber; Multi component absorption and desorption with chemical reaction; NO oxidation with HNO3; NOx absorption

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION PROFILES; HNO2 DECOMPOSITION; HNO2 OXIDATION WITH O2; MULTI-COMPONENT ABSORPTION AND DESORPTION WITH CHEMICAL REACTION; MULTICOMPONENTS; NO OXIDATION; NO OXIDATION WITH HNO3;

ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL PLANTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; INORGANIC ACIDS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NITRIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATION;

DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 71749089665     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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