Multicomponent multicompartment model for Fischer-Tropsch SCBR

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2062-2083

  Iliuta, Ion ^a   Larachi, Faïçal ^a   Anfray, Jérôme ^b   Dromard, Nicolas ^c   Schweich, Daniel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CSTJF   (France)

^c TOTAL   (France)

^d LGPC CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cobalt catalyst; Fischer Tropsch; Modeling and simulation; Multicomponent heat and mass transfer; Slurry bubble column

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; NATURAL GAS; OLEFINS; PARAFFINS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

CATALYST LOADING; GAS VELOCITY; MECHANISTIC KINETICS;

FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS;

ADSORPTION; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; NATURAL GAS; OLEFINS; PARAFFINS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547697202     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11242     Document Type: Article

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