Process Intensification in Multiphase Reactors
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Introduction Applications of multiphase technology are prevalent in petroleum refining, synthesis gas conversion to fuels and chemicals, bulk commodity chemicals, specialty chemicals, conversion of undesired by-products to recyclable products, manufacture of polymers, biotechnology and pollution abatement. In these processes the reactor performance is crucial: it determines the number and size of needed separation units upstream and downstream of the reactor and, hence dictates the economics of the whole process (Dudukovic, 2002). The choice for a specific type of multiphase reactor will primarily depend on the reaction under consideration, the types of catalyst available, the experience with a type of reactor, and economics.
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