Modeling small-diameter FCC riser reactors. A hydrodynamic and kinetic approach

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 5410-5419

  Bollas, G M ^a   Vasalos, I A ^a   Lappas, A A ^b   Iatridis, D ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Centre for Research Technology Hellas   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; EVAPORATION; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; KINETIC THEORY; PILOT PLANTS; PRESSURE DROP;

RISER REACTORS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

OIL;

CATALYTIC CRACKING; HYDRODYNAMICS; PILOT PLANT; RISER;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; EVAPORATION; FLUID FLOW; FORCE; GAS; GEOMETRY; GREECE; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTOR; SOLID; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037201929     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0202423     Document Type: Article

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