Enhancing Productivity and Thermal Efficiency of High-Temperature Endothermic Processes in Heat-Integrated Fixed-Bed Reactors

Integrated Chemical Processes: Synthesis, Operation, Analysis, and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-43

  Kolios, Grigorios ^a   Gritsch, Achim ^b   Glöckler, Bernd ^b   Eigenberger, Gerhart ^b  

^a Christ Pharma and Life Science AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enhancing productivity; Heat interated fixed bed reactors; High temperature endothermic processes; Integrated chemical processes; Integration of heat transfer; Thermal efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882552586     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/3527605738.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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