Economic feasibility of silica and palladium composite membranes for industrial dehydrogenation reactions

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1088-1101

  Moparthi, A ^a   Uppaluri, R ^a   Gill, B S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Economics; Ethylbenzene dehydrogenation; Palladium membrane; Propane dehydrogenation; Silica membrane

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL REACTORS; DEHYDROGENATION REACTIONS; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ETHYLBENZENE DEHYDROGENATION; EXCESS PROFIT; GROSS PROFIT; INDUSTRIAL DEHYDROGENATION; MEMBRANE AREA; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MEMBRANE THICKNESS; PALLADIUM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; PALLADIUM MEMBRANE; PROCESS ECONOMICS; PROPANE DEHYDROGENATION; PROPYLENE PRODUCTION; REACTION SCHEMES; REACTION ZONES; SILICA MEMBRANE; SIMULATION METHODOLOGY; STYRENE PRODUCTION; SWEEP GAS FLOW RATE; TOTAL COSTS;

AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT; BIOREACTORS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DEHYDROGENATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ETHYLBENZENE; FUZZY CONTROL; PALLADIUM; PERMEATION; PROFITABILITY; PROPANE; PROPYLENE; SILICA; STYRENE;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 77955417835     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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