Importance of the usage ratio in iron-based fischer-tropsch synthesis with recycle

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 8629-8633

  Govender, Nileinindran S ^a,b   Van Vuuren, Matthys Janse ^b   Claeys, Michael ^a   Van Steen, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SASOL TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; IRON; REACTION KINETICS; RECYCLING;

FISCHER-TROPSCH SELECTIVITY; REACTION CONDITIONS; USAGE RATIO;

FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; IRON; REACTION KINETICS; RECYCLING;

EID: 33846074875     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie060415e     Document Type: Article

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