Synthesis gas production in a forced unsteady-state reactor network

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2489-2495

  Fissore, Davide ^a   Barresi, Antonello A ^a   Baldi, Giancarlo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; NATURAL GAS; OXIDATION;

STEAM REFORMING;

SYNTHESIS GAS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROGEN; METHANOL; NATURAL GAS; PLATINUM;

SYNTHESIS;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FIXED BED REACTOR; FLOW RATE; GAS; HEAT EXCHANGE; LOW TEMPERATURE; OXIDATION; REACTOR; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; SYNTHESIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0037872136     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0205748     Document Type: Article

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