Catalyst as ignition source of an explosion inside a microreactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 540-543

  Heinrich, S ^a   Edeling, F ^a   Liebner, C ^a   Hieronymus, H ^a   Lange, T ^b   Klemm, E ^b  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catalyst; Ethene; Explosions; Hot spot; Microstructure; Safety

Indexed keywords

CATALYSED OXIDATION; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; ETHENE; EXOTHERMIC OXIDATION; HOT SPOT; IGNITION SOURCE; MICRO-REACTOR; PARAMETER RANGE; REACTOR TEMPERATURES; SAFE OPERATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TOTAL OXIDATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ETHYLENE; EXPLOSIONS; FLOW RATE; MICROSTRUCTURE; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84868653969     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.08.049     Document Type: Article

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