Integration of a turbine expander with an exothermic reactor loop-Flow sheet development and application to ammonia production

Energy

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1495-1509

  Greeff, I L ^a   Visser, J A ^b   Ptasinski, K J ^c   Janssen, F J J G ^c  

^a SASOL TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; SEPARATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EXOTHERMIC REACTORS;

TURBINES;

AMMONIA; GAS TURBINE; RECYCLING;

EID: 0141563384     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-5442(03)00122-1     Document Type: Article

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