A review of short residence time cracking processes

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Hulet, Craig ^a   Briens, Cedric ^a   Berruti, Franco ^a   Chan, Edward W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass; Bitumen; Catalytic; Coal; Contacting; Cracking; Heavy oil; Olefins; Pyrolysis; Separation; Short residence time; Thermal conversion; Upgrading

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BITUMINOUS COAL; CATALYTIC CRACKING; COAL; CRUDE PETROLEUM; HEAT TRANSFER; OLEFINS; PYROLYSIS; SEPARATION;

BITUMEN; CATALYTIC; CONTACTING; SHORT RESIDENCE TIME; THERMAL CONVERSION; UPGRADING;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

EID: 18444384823     PISSN: 15426580     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.1139     Document Type: Review

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