Simulation of a two-stage micro trickle-bed hydrotreating reactor using athabasca bitumen-derived heavy gas oil over commercial NiMo/Al 2O3 catalyst: Effect of H2S on hydrodesulfurization and hydrodenitrogenation

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-18

  Botchwey, Christian ^a   Dalai, Ajay K ^a   Adjaye, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Hydrodenitrogenation; Hydrodesulfurization; Hydrogen sulfide; Kinetics; Mass transfer; Micro trickle bed reactor; Modeling; Simulation; Two stage hydrotreating

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ALUMINA; CATALYSTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEHYDROGENATION; DESULFURIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MASS TRANSFER; REACTION KINETICS;

HYDRODENITROGENATION; HYDRODESULFURIZATION; MICRO TRICKLE-BED REACTORS; MODELING; TWO-STAGE HYDROTREATING;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 33645825624     PISSN: 21945748     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.1328     Document Type: Article

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