Reactor designs for ethylene production via ethane oxidative dehydrogenation: Comparison of performance

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2690-2697

  Rodríguez, María L ^a,b   Ardissone, Daniel E ^b   López, Eduardo ^a,c   Pedernera, Marisa N ^a   Borio, Daniel O ^a  

^a PLAPIQUI UNS CONICET   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED DENSITY; COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE; CONVENTIONAL REACTORS; DIFFERENT THICKNESS; ETHANE OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION; ETHYLENE PRODUCTION; HEAT GENERATION RATE; HEAT REMOVAL; HOT SPOT; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MOLTEN SALT; MULTITUBULAR REACTOR; OXYGEN DEPLETION; OXYGEN INJECTION; OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURE; PERMEATION FLOW; PURE OXYGEN; REACTOR CONFIGURATION; REACTOR DESIGNS; SHELL-SIDE; TUBE LENGTH; WASHCOATS;

BIOREACTORS; DEHYDROGENATION; DESIGN; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; FUSED SALTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; O RINGS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

OXYGEN;

EID: 79951993032     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100738q     Document Type: Conference Paper

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