TY - GEN
T1 - Nitration of toluene in a microreactor using mixed acid
AU - Halder, Raghunath
AU - Lawal, Adeniyi
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Highly exothermic reactions, e.g., aromatic nitration, can be carried out in a highly efficient manner in microreactors due to the high heat and mass transfer rates. A study on the nitration of toluene was conducted in a microreactor immersed in a constant temperature bath using mixed acid as nitrating agent. The reaction rate for mixed acid nitration in microreactor was an order of magnitude higher than that in the batch reactor. The amount of by-products formed in the microreactor was much lower than that of the batch reactor. The kinetic rate expression for the reaction was then developed. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 42nd Loss Prevention Symposium (New Orleans, LA 4/6-10/2008).
AB - Highly exothermic reactions, e.g., aromatic nitration, can be carried out in a highly efficient manner in microreactors due to the high heat and mass transfer rates. A study on the nitration of toluene was conducted in a microreactor immersed in a constant temperature bath using mixed acid as nitrating agent. The reaction rate for mixed acid nitration in microreactor was an order of magnitude higher than that in the batch reactor. The amount of by-products formed in the microreactor was much lower than that of the batch reactor. The kinetic rate expression for the reaction was then developed. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 42nd Loss Prevention Symposium (New Orleans, LA 4/6-10/2008).
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:57749115028
SN - 9780816910236
SN - 9780816910236
T3 - 2008 AIChE Spring National Meeting, Conference Proceedings
BT - 2008 AIChE Spring National Meeting, Conference Proceedings
T2 - 2008 AIChE Spring National Meeting, Conference
Y2 - 6 April 2008 through 10 April 2008
ER -