Conversion of syngas to hydrocarbons in a tube-wall reactor using Co-Fe plasma-sprayed catalyst: Experimental and modeling studies

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-238

  Dalai, Ajay K ^a   Bakhshi, Narendra N ^a   Esmail, M Nabil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cobalt iron catalyst; Fischer Tropsch synthesis; Syngas hydrogenation; Tube wall reactor

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; ETHYLENE; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; FUNCTIONS; HYDROGENATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA SPRAYING; PROPYLENE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

COBALT IRON CATALYST; SYNGAS HYDROGENATION; TUBE WALL REACTORS (TWR);

HYDROCARBON REFINING;

EID: 0031251430     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3820(97)00003-9     Document Type: Article

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