The role of sulfur in the pyrolysis of kerogen

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue , 2004, Pages 10-18

  Yan, Qin ^a,b   Peng, Ping’an ^a   Yu, Chiling ^a   Liu, Jinzhong ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

hydrocarbon generation; kerogen; Maoming oil shale; sulfur catalysis; thermal simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148853197     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02890448     Document Type: Article

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