Enhancing p-xylene productivity for disproportionation of toluene in microstructured reactors

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-56

  Mitra, Brishti ^a,b   Kunzru, Deepak ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b CSJM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Monoliths; P xylene productivity; Toluene disproportionation; Washcoat thickness; Washcoating

Indexed keywords

MONOLITHS; P-XYLENE; TOLUENE DISPROPORTIONATION; WASH-COATING; WASHCOATS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; LANTHANUM; LANTHANUM OXIDES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PACKED BEDS; PRODUCTIVITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOLUENE;

XYLENE;

EID: 84872610055     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2012.10.016     Document Type: Article

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