Temperature profiles and process performances of sponge packings as compared to spherical catalysts in the oxidation of o-xylene to phthalic anhydride

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 9925-9935

  Mülheims, Philip ^a   Kraushaar Czarnetzki, Bettina ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST NANOPARTICLE; CATALYTIC FIXED BEDS; CERAMIC SPONGE; HEAT TRANSFER PROPERTIES; HOTSPOT TEMPERATURE; O-XYLENE; OXIDATION OF O-XYLENE; PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDES; PORE DENSITIES; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; SPHERICAL CATALYSTS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TUBULAR REACTORS; VANADIA;

CATALYSTS; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; COATED MATERIALS; OXIDATION; PACKED BEDS; PILOT PLANTS; SILICON CARBIDE; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

XYLENE;

EID: 80052345555     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie201062p     Document Type: Article

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