Oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene in a membrane reactor: A theoretical study

Catalysis Today

Volumn 157, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 303-309

  Rodriguez, María L ^a   Ardissone, Daniel E ^b   Heracleous, Eleni ^c   Lemonidou, Angeliki A ^c   López, Eduardo ^a   Pedernera, Marisa N ^a   Borio, Daniel O ^a  

^a PLAPIQUI UNS CONICET   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ethane; Membrane reactor; Modeling; Ni Nb O catalyst; Oxidative dehydrogenation

Indexed keywords

CATALYST TUBES; ETHYLENE PRODUCTION; FIXED-BED REACTORS; HEAT GENERATION RATE; HEAT TRANSFER AREA; HOMOGENEOUS MODELS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MODELING; NI-NB-O CATALYST; NI-NB-O MIXED OXIDE CATALYST; NOVEL DESIGN; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING VARIABLES; OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION OF ETHANES; OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION REACTIONS; OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATIONS; OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURE; PER UNIT VOLUME; REACTOR PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIOREACTORS; DEHYDROGENATION; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; MEMBRANES; NIOBIUM OXIDE; OXYGEN; PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

CATALYST SELECTIVITY;

EID: 78049252713     PISSN: 09205861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2010.01.053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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