High-Temperature Slurry Reactors for Synthesis Gas Reactions. 1. Liquid Thermal Stability

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4143-4154

  Roberts, George W ^a   Márquez, Marco A ^a   McCutchen, M Shawn ^a,b   Haney, Carol A ^a,c   Shin, I Daniel ^a,d  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SHAW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; DEGRADATION; HYDROCARBONS; NAPHTHALENE; SLURRIES; SYNTHESIS GAS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

SLURRY REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

GAS; REACTOR;

EID: 0031253596     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie970136e     Document Type: Article

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