Operation of a miniscale string bed reactor in spiral form at hydrotreatment conditions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 5531-5535

  Kallinikos, Leonidas E ^a   Papayannakos, Nikos G ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; GAS OILS; HYDRODESULFURIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CATALYST MASS; HYDROTREATMENT CONDITIONS; MINISCALE STRING BED REACTOR;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; GAS OILS; HYDRODESULFURIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 34548253486     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie070309s     Document Type: Article

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