Hydrodynamic behavior analysis of a rotating disc contactor for aromatics extraction with 4-methyl-butyl-pyridinium·BF4 by CFD

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 511-521

  Onink, Ferdy ^a   Drumm, Christian ^b   Meindersma, G Wytze ^a   Bart, Hans Jörg ^b   de Haan, André B ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

4 Methyl N butyl pyridinium tetrafluoroborate; Aromatics extraction; CFD; Hold up; Hydrodynamics; Room temperature ionic liquids; Rotating disc contactor

Indexed keywords

AROMATICS EXTRACTION; HOLD UP; PYRIDINIUM; ROOM TEMPERATURE IONIC LIQUIDS; ROTATING DISC CONTACTOR; TETRAFLUOROBORATES;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IONS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; ROTATION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TOLUENE; TURBULENCE MODELS;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 77954818579     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.03.062     Document Type: Article

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