Modeling the influence of mineral rocks, active in different hot gas conditioning systems and technologies, on the production of light α-olefins

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1205-1214

  Taralas, Georgios ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Calcined quicklime CaO ; MgO; n heptane; Steam cracking; Steam pyrolysis; olefins

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC CRACKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); DECOMPOSITION; HEPTANE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OLEFINS; REACTION KINETICS; ROCKS;

DOLOMITIC MAGNESIUM OXIDE; ENDOTHERMIC PYROLYSIS; QUICKLIME;

PYROLYSIS;

EID: 0033237734     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450770617     Document Type: Article

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