From laboratory experiments to simulation studies of methanol dehydration to produce dimethyl ether - Part I: Reaction kinetic study

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 144-150

  Tavan, Yadollah ^a   Hosseini, Seyyed Hossein ^b   Ghavipour, Mohammad ^a   Nikou, Mohammad Reza Khosravi ^a   Shariati, Ahmad ^a  

^a PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ILAM UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

DME; Kinetic study; Mathematical modeling; Methanol dehydration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890962945     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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