Intensification principle of a new three-phase catalytic slurry reactor. Part I: Performance characterisation

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 277-288

  Machefer, Stephan ^a   Falk, Laurent ^a   de Panthou, Fabrice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b AETgroup SAS   (France)

Author keywords

Batch to continuous; Hydrogenation; Mass transfer; Multiphase reaction; Process intensification

Indexed keywords

BATCH TO CONTINUOUS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROGENATION REACTIONS; MASS TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; MULTIPHASE REACTIONS; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; THREE-PHASE CATALYTIC SLURRY REACTORS;

BATCH DATA PROCESSING; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGENATION; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 84881551409     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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