Disproportionation of toluene on ZSM5 washcoated monoliths

AIChE Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3480-3495

  Mitra, B ^a,b   Chakraborty, Jyoti Prasad ^a   Kunzru, Deepak ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b CSJM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Modeling; Monoliths; Para xylene selectivity; Toluene disproportionation; ZSM5

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION PROFILES; DISPROPORTIONATIONS; GASPHASE; HIGH SELECTIVITY; MODEL EQUATIONS; MONOLITHS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL REACTORS; P-XYLENE; PARA-XYLENE; REACTION SCHEMES; TOLUENE CONVERSION; TOLUENE DISPROPORTIONATION; WASHCOATS; ZEOLITE LOADING; ZEOLITE PORES; ZSM5;

ISOMERS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; XYLENE;

TOLUENE;

EID: 80053597534     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12531     Document Type: Article

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