Attrition Resistance and Catalytic Performance of Spray-Dried Iron Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts in a Stirred-Tank Slurry Reactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1359-1365

  Bukur, Dragomir B ^a   Ma, Wen Ping ^a   Carreto Vazquez, Victor ^a   Nowicki, Lech ^a   Adeyiga, Adeyinka A ^b  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; IRON COMPOUNDS; METHANE; REACTION KINETICS; SLURRIES;

CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; STIRRED-TANK SLURRY REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

COPPER; IRON; METHANE; POTASSIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; REACTOR; SLURRY; STIRRED TANK;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; REACTOR; SPRAY DRYING; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 1542328136     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie034056o     Document Type: Article

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