DME synthesis and cyclohexane dehydrogenation reaction in an optimized thermally coupled reactor

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-123

  Khademi, M H ^a   Farsi, M ^a   Rahimpour, M R ^a   Jahanmiri, A ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Co current heat exchanger reactors; Cyclohexane dehydrogenation; Differential evolution; DME synthesis; Optimization; Recuperative coupling

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC REACTORS; CATALYTIC DEHYDROGENATION; COUPLED REACTORS; CYCLOHEXANE DEHYDROGENATION; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION; DME SYNTHESIS; EVOLUTION STRATEGIES; FIXED BED; HEAT EXCHANGER REACTORS; HETEROGENEOUS MODELS; INLET TEMPERATURE; METHANOL DEHYDRATION; MOLAR FLOW RATES; MOLE FRACTION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; OPTIMUM VALUE; PROOF OF CONCEPT; RECUPERATIVE COUPLING; SAFE OPERATION; SIMULATION RESULT; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

BENZENE; CYCLOHEXANE; DEHYDRATION; DEHYDROGENATION; DEWATERING; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; INLET FLOW; METHANOL; OPTIMIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

COUPLED CIRCUITS;

EID: 79251593786     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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