Attrition due to mixing of hot and cold FCC catalyst particles

Powder Technology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 120-130

  Whitcombe, J M ^a   Agranovski, I E ^a   Braddock, R D ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Air pollution; FCC catalyst; Fluidized catalytic cracking units

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CATALYSTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; MIXING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION TESTS;

POWDERS;

IRON; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; VANADIUM;

AIR CONDITIONING; CATALYSIS; FLUIDIZED BED; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; FILTER; FLUIDIZED BED; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0242407380     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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