Vapor-liquid equilibrium study in trickle-bed reactors

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1096-1106

  Chen, Jinwen ^a   Wang, Neil ^a   Mederos, Fabian ^b   Ancheyta, Jorge ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR UPGRADING TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS FLOWS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FLOW HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDRO-PROCESSING REACTORS; HYDROTREATING; INTERACTION COEFFICIENTS; KINETICS STUDIES; LIQUID PHASIS; MIDDLE DISTILLATES; OPERATING CONDITIONS; OPERATING REGIMES; PLANT STUDIES; PLUG FLOWS; PSEUDO-COMPONENTS; REACTING SPECIES; REACTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTOR WALL EFFECTS; SCALE-UP; TRICKLE-BED REACTORS; VAPOR- LIQUID EQUILIBRIUMS; VAPOR-LIQUID EQUILIBRIUM;

BOILING POINT; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROCRACKING; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEN; LIQUIDS; PETROLEUM DISTILLATES; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SUGAR (SUCROSE); VAPORS;

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EID: 61549117411     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie8006006     Document Type: Article

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