Effect of liquid quenching on hydroprocessing of heavy crude oils in a fixed-bed reactor system

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1228-1236

  Alvarez, Anton ^a   Ancheyta, Jorge ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST SYSTEMS; COMPRESSOR CAPACITIES; FIXED-BED REACTOR SYSTEMS; FIXED-BED REACTORS; HEAVY CRUDE OIL; HEAVY FRACTIONS; HYDROPROCESSING; LIGHT FRACTIONS; LIQUID HOURLY SPACE VELOCITIES; LIQUID QUENCHING; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PRODUCT QUALITIES; VOLUMETRIC RATES;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; HYDROCRACKING; HYDROGEN; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LIQUIDS; PILOT PLANTS;

QUENCHING;

EID: 61549125639     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800686g     Document Type: Article

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