Supercritical solvent effects on hydrocarbon product distributions from Fischer-Tropsch synthesis over an alumina-supported cobalt catalyst

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 6369-6381

  Huang, Xiwen ^a   Elbashir, Nimir O ^a   Roberts, Christopher B ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ALUMINA; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COBALT; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; HYDROCARBONS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS;

FIXED-BED REACTORS; HYDROCARBON PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS; PHASE REACTIONS; SUPERCRITICAL SOLVENTS;

SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ALUMINUM OXIDE; COBALT; HEXANE; HYDROCARBON; PENTANE; SOLVENT;

SOLVENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; DENSITY; FIXED BED REACTOR; KINETICS; PRESSURE; SOLUBILITY; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 4644340395     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0498504     Document Type: Article

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