Start-up and dynamic analysis of a novel thermally coupled reactor for the simultaneous production of methanol and benzene

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 12092-12102

  Khademi, Mohammad Hasan ^a   Rahimpour, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Jahanmiri, Abdolhossein ^a,b  

^a School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLED REACTORS; COUPLING ENERGIES; ENDOTHERMIC REACTIONS; FIXED BED; HETEROGENEOUS MODELS; INLET TEMPERATURE; METHANOL SYNTHESIS; METHANOL SYNTHESIS REACTORS; MOLAR FLOW RATES; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; START-UPS; STEP CHANGES; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; TRANSIENT OPERATION;

BENZENE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLOHEXANE; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; INLET FLOW; METHANOL; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); SYNTHESIS GAS MANUFACTURE;

COUPLED CIRCUITS;

EID: 80055061122     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie201090b     Document Type: Article

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