Trickle bed reactor model to simulate the performance of commercial diesel hydrotreating unit

Fuel

Volumn 86, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 1176-1184

  Murali, C ^a   Voolapalli, R K ^a   Ravichander, N ^a   Gokak, D T ^a   Choudary, N V ^a  

^a Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Modeling; ULSD; Vaporization

Indexed keywords

DESULFURIZATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OLEFINS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); VAPORIZATION;

DIESEL HYDROTREATING UNITS; FEED VAPORIZATION; FIXED BED REACTORS; HYDRODEAROMATIZATION; HYDRODESULPHURIZATION; HYDROTREATING REACTORS;

DIESEL FUELS;

EID: 33846247962     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2006.09.019     Document Type: Article

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