Optimization of the mechanical properties of a hydrotreating catalyst in the impregnating and drying processes

AIChE Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3116-3123

  Wu, Dongfang ^a   Zhou, Jiancheng ^a   Li, Yongdan ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mechanical strength; Reliability; Solid catalysts; Taguchi method; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; DRYING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RELIABILITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TAGUCHI METHODS;

DRYING PROCESS; DRYING TEMPERATURE; HYDROTREATING CATALYSTS; MECHANICAL RELIABILITY; ORTHOGONAL ARRAY; PROCESS FACTOR; SOLID CATALYSTS; WEIBULL MODULUS;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 57049168701     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11612     Document Type: Article

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