Enhancement of methanol production in a novel cascading fluidized-bed hydrogen permselective membrane methanol reactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 520-529

  Rahimpour, M R ^a   Bayat, M ^a   Rahmani, F ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cascading fluidized bed membrane reactor; Methanol synthesis; Pd Ag membrane

Indexed keywords

CATALYST BEDS; FEED GAS; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; METHANOL PRODUCTION; METHANOL REACTORS; METHANOL SYNTHESIS; PDAG MEMBRANE; PHASE THEORY; REACTION HEAT; REACTOR CONFIGURATION; SIMULATION RESULT; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

BIOREACTORS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; METHANOL; PALLADIUM; PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANES; SILVER; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); SYNTHESIS GAS; SYNTHESIS GAS MANUFACTURE; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER COOLING SYSTEMS;

FLUIDIZATION;

EID: 76449122543     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.12.048     Document Type: Article

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