Comparison of quench systems in commercial fixed-bed hydroprocessing reactors

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1133-1144

  Alvarez, Anton ^a   Ancheyta, Jorge ^a,b   Muñoz, José A D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST DEACTIVATION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COKE; HYDROGEN; LIQUIDS;

FIXED-BED HYDROPROCESSING REACTORS; QUENCH FLUID;

QUENCHING;

EID: 34247124450     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef060515x     Document Type: Article

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