The Fischer-Tropsch reaction with supported ruthenium catalysts: Modelling and evaluation of the reaction rate equation for a fixed bed reactor

Applied Catalysis A: General

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 223-241

  Everson, Raymond C ^b   Mulder, Harko ^a,b   Keyser, Martin J ^a,b  

^a PO Box 1   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fischer Tropsch; Fixed bed; Model; Rate equation; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008892128     PISSN: 0926860X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0926-860X(96)00054-3     Document Type: Article

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