Transfer-Line Heat Exchanger Fouling during Pyrolysis of Hydrocarbons. 1. Deposits from Dry Cracked Gases

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1132-1139

  Bach, Grete ^a   Zimmermann, Gerhard ^a   Kopinke, Frank Dieter ^b   Barendregt, Simon ^c   van den Oosterkamp, Paul ^c   Woerde, Harry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c KTI International B V ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTANE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FOULING; PYROLYSIS; STEEL; SURFACES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

TRANSFER LINE HEAT EXCHANGER; TUBULAR FLOW REACTOR;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

FOULING; HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 0029278414     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie00043a015     Document Type: Article

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