Simulated moving bed reactor for p-xylene production: Adsorbent and catalyst homogeneous mixture

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 258, Issue , 2014, Pages 194-202

  Gonçalves, Jonathan C ^a   Rodrigues, Alírio E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Isomerization; Optimization; Process intensification; SMBR; Xylene

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CATALYSTS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; ISOMERIZATION; ISOMERS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; XYLENE;

COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; SIMULATED MOVING BED; SIMULATED MOVING BED REACTOR; SMBR; TRUE MOVING BED REACTORS; P-XYLENE;

XYLENE; ADSORPTION;

EID: 84905920623     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.07.074     Document Type: Article

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