A comprehensive mathematical model for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis in well-mixed slurry reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 677-694

  Ahón, Víctor R ^a   Costa Jr , Esly F ^a   Monteagudo, Jorge E P ^a   Fontes, Carlos E ^a   Biscaia Jr , Evaristo C ^a   Lage, Paulo L C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fischer Tropsch; Kinetics; Modeling; Natural gas; Phase equilibria; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CARBON ATOMS; FISCHER-TROPSCH (FT) SYNTHESIS; SLURRY REACTORS;

SLURRIES;

BIOREACTOR; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SLURRY;

EID: 10044241576     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.08.039     Document Type: Article

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