Monoliths as multiphase reactors: A review

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2918-2938

  Roy, Shaibal ^a   Bauer, Tobias ^a   Al Dahhan, Muthanna ^a   Lehner, Peter ^b   Turek, Thomas ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Monolith; Review; Structured packing

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP;

MONOLITH CATALYST PACKING; MONOLITH REACTORS; PHASE HOLDUP; SLURRY REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

REACTOR;

BIOREACTOR; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; FLOW; GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID; MASS; REVIEW; SOLID;

EID: 8544250596     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10268     Document Type: Review

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