Etherification of C6 Fischer-Tropsch material for linear α-olefin recovery

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 6349-6354

  De Klerk, Arno ^a  

^a SASOL TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIKNOCK RATING; BLENDING; BOILING LIQUIDS; BUTENES; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; ETHERS; FUEL ADDITIVES; ISOMERIZATION; METHANOL; ORGANIC ACIDS; RESINS;

ETHERIFICATION; FISCHER-TROPSCH MATERIALS; REACTION NETWORKS; SPACE VELOCITY;

OLEFINS;

1 HEXENE; 1 PENTENE; 2 ETHYL 1 BUTENE; 2 METHYL 1 BUTENE; 2 METHYL 1 PENTENE; 2 METHYL 2 METHOXYPENTANE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FUEL; GASOLINE; METHANOL; OCTANE; PENTANE; RESIN; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ETHERIFICATION; FISCHER TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; ISOMER; ISOMERIZATION; PURIFICATION; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

EID: 4644250795     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049704y     Document Type: Article

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