Performance of a multi-slit packed bed microstructured reactor in the synthesis of methanol: Comparison with a laboratory fixed-bed reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 6350-6357

  Bakhtiary Davijany, Hamidreza ^a   Hayer, Fatemeh ^a   Kim Phan, Xuyen ^a   Myrstad, Rune ^b   Pfeifer, Peter ^c   Venvik, Hilde J ^a   Holmen, Anders ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fixed bed reactor; Methanol synthesis; Microstructured reactor; Offshore gas conversion; Residence time distribution; Thermal behavior

Indexed keywords

FIXED-BED REACTORS; METHANOL SYNTHESIS; MICROSTRUCTURED REACTORS; OFFSHORE GAS CONVERSION; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; THERMAL BEHAVIORS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL REACTORS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; METHANOL; PACKED BEDS; SYNTHESIS GAS; SYNTHESIS GAS MANUFACTURE;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 80054889028     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.04.030     Document Type: Article

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