Single event kinetic modeling of the methanol-to-olefins process on SAPO-34

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 5098-5111

  Alwahabi, Saeed M ^a,b   Froment, Gilbert F ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANOL; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EVANS-POLANYI RELATIONSHIP; KINETIC MODELING;

OLEFINS;

ALKENE; METHANOL;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CATALYST; FIXED BED REACTOR; ISOTHERM; KINETICS; PRESSURE; PROCESS MODEL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 4043101763     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie040041u     Document Type: Article

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