Development potential of a new natural gas-to-liquid conversion process

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 6001-6005

  Golombok, Michael ^a   Nijbacker, Tom ^b   Raimondi, Maria ^b  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b Avantium Technologies BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BYPRODUCTS; CATALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOL; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

CATALYTIC PROCESS; LIQUID MIXTURE;

NATURAL GAS;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON; CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; METHANOL; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID;

NATURAL GAS;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DECOMPOSITION; GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 4444268171     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie040012j     Document Type: Article

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