TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of phase inversion during semibatch aromatic nitrations
AU - Zaldivar, J.M.
AU - Alos, M.A.
AU - Molga, E.J.
AU - Hernandez, H.
AU - Westerterp, K.R.
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - The effect of phase inversion during semibatch aromatic nitrations is experimentally characterized and analysed. The influence of various parameters, i.e. interfacial area, effective heat-transfer coefficient and overall mass-transfer coefficient, is studied. The implications for optimizing nitrations are discussed from performance and safety points of view. The accumulation of unreacted nitric acid can be dangerous if accompanied by a phase inversion, owing to the fact that the rate may increase suddenly.
AB - The effect of phase inversion during semibatch aromatic nitrations is experimentally characterized and analysed. The influence of various parameters, i.e. interfacial area, effective heat-transfer coefficient and overall mass-transfer coefficient, is studied. The implications for optimizing nitrations are discussed from performance and safety points of view. The accumulation of unreacted nitric acid can be dangerous if accompanied by a phase inversion, owing to the fact that the rate may increase suddenly.
U2 - 10.1016/0255-2701(95)04110-9
DO - 10.1016/0255-2701(95)04110-9
M3 - Article
SN - 0255-2701
VL - 34
SP - 529
EP - 542
JO - Chemical engineering and processing : process intensification
JF - Chemical engineering and processing : process intensification
IS - 6
ER -