Hydrogenation of nitrile butadiene rubber in a multistage agitated contactor: Experiments and numerical simulation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2027-2036

  Zhang, Lifeng ^a   Pan, Qinmin ^a   Rempel, Garry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Hydrogenation; Multiphase reactor; Multistage agitated contactor; Nitrile butadiene rubber; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BACK FLOW; CATALYST CONCENTRATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER; HYDROGENATION DEGREE; HYDROGENATION PROCESS; LIQUID FLOW; LIQUID FLOW RATES; MASS TRANSFER EFFECTS; MODEL PREDICTION; MULTI-PHASE REACTOR; MULTISTAGE AGITATED CONTACTORS; NITRILE BUTADIENE RUBBER; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPERATION CONDITIONS; OSMIUM COMPLEXES; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; REACTIVE GAS; REACTOR MODELS; SERIES MODEL; STEADY STATE; STIRRED TANK; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

BUTADIENE; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYANIDES; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; OSMIUM; RUBBER;

HYDROGENATION;

EID: 76549103639     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.11.039     Document Type: Article

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