Performance enhancement of thermally coupling of methanol synthesis, DME synthesis and cyclohexane dehydrogenation processes: Employment of water and hydrogen perm-selective membranes via different recycle streams

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-37

  Farniaei, Mehdi ^a   Abbasi, Mohsen ^b   Rasoolzadeh, Ali ^c   Rahimpour, Mohammad Reza ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b PERSIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cyclohexane dehydrogenation; DME; Hydrogen; Methanol; Thermally double coupled two membrane reactor (TDCTMR)

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; COUPLED CIRCUITS; CYCLOHEXANE; DEHYDROGENATION; FUELS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METHANOL; RECYCLING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); SYNTHESIS GAS MANUFACTURE; WATER INJECTION;

CYCLOHEXANE DEHYDROGENATION; DIRECT DIMETHYL ETHER SYNTHESES (DME); DME; ENDOTHERMIC REACTIONS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; METHANOL PRODUCTION; METHANOL SYNTHESIS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; DME SYNTHESIS; RECYCLE STREAM;

RIVERS; HYDROGEN;

EID: 84906716535     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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