Analysis of external and internal mass transfer at low reynolds numbers in a multiple-slit packed bed microstructured reactor for synthesis of methanol from syngas

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 42, 2012, Pages 13574-13579

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

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CATALYST PARTICLES; CO CONVERSION; CONTACT TIME; CU-BASED CATALYST; EXTERNAL MASS TRANSFER; FIXED BED REACTOR; HEAT TRANSFER EFFECTS; INTERNAL MASS TRANSFER; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MASS TRANSFER LIMITATION; METHANOL SYNTHESIS; MICROSTRUCTURED REACTORS; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; PORE DIFFUSION; PRESSURE RANGES; REACTANT FLOWS; REACTOR SYSTEMS; SYN-GAS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TOTAL PRESSURE;

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; METHANOL; PACKED BEDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SYNTHESIS GAS; SYNTHESIS GAS MANUFACTURE;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 84867809703     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie300039a     Document Type: Article

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