Zeolite Membrane Reactors

Membranes for Membrane Reactors: Preparation, Optimization and Selection

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 243-273

  Téllez, Carlos ^a   Menéndez, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dry gel conversion method (DGM); Flow through membrane reactor; Scheme of synthesis routes for zeolite membranes; Single crystal zeolite membranes; Zeolite membrane preparation outlines; Zeolite membrane reactors; Zeolite membrane reactors types; Zeolite membranes, synthesised on a support made of mechanically resistant material; Zeolite synthesis by hydrothermal synthesis; Zeolite synthesis, two main stages nucleation and crystal growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881449925     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470977569.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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