Enhancement of DME production in an optimized membrane isothermal fixed-bed reactor

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Farsi, Mohammad ^a   Jahanmiri, Abdolhossein ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

adiabatic reactor; heterogeneous model; membrane reactor; methanol dehydration

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CATALYSTS; DEHYDRATION; FUELS; ISOTHERMS; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; METHANOL;

ADIABATIC REACTORS; HETEROGENEOUS MODELING; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; MASS AND ENERGY CONSERVATION; MEMBRANE REACTOR; METHANOL DEHYDRATION; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 79961239906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1542-6580.2296     Document Type: Article

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