Comparison among monolithic and randomly packed reactors for the methanol-to-propylene process

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 207-208, Issue , 2012, Pages 734-745

  Guo, Wenyao ^a   Xiao, Wende ^a   Luo, Man ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fixed bed reactor; Methanol to propylene process; Monolithic reactor; Reactor modeling

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC REACTORS; CATALYST PELLET; CATALYST PHASE; CATALYST PHASIS; CELL DENSITY; FIXED-BED REACTORS; HETEROGENEOUS REACTORS; METHANOL CONVERSION; METHANOL-TO-PROPYLENE PROCESS; MODELING AND SIMULATION; MONOLITHIC CATALYSTS; MONOLITHIC REACTOR; PROPYLENE SELECTIVITY; REACTOR MODELING; SPACE TIME;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; METHANOL; PELLETIZING; PROPYLENE;

CATALYST SELECTIVITY;

EID: 84866938453     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.07.046     Document Type: Article

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