Numerical modelling and performance studies of the original and advanced TEMKIN reactor in laboratory scale testing of industrial egg shell catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of acetylene

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 94, Issue , 2015, Pages 594-604

  Götz, Dominik ^a   Kuhn, Martin ^a   Claus, Peter ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catalyst testing; Finite element method; Reactor modelling; Selective acetylene hydrogenation; Temkin reactor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; CATALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDROGENATION; LIGHTING; NUMERICAL MODELS; PELLETIZING; REACTION KINETICS;

COMPUTATIONAL DEMANDS; LABORATORY-SCALE REACTOR; MASS AND HEAT TRANSPORT; MASS TRANSPORT LIMITATION; REACTOR MODELLING; SELECTIVE ACETYLENE HYDROGENATION; SELECTIVE HYDROGENATION; TEMKIN REACTOR;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84922333185     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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