Process development and scale up: IV. Case history of the development of a fischer-tropsch synthesis process

Reviews in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-157

  Sie, S T ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

GAS; OIL INDUSTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032317328     PISSN: 01678299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVCE.1998.14.2.109     Document Type: Article

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