Diesel production from fischer - Tropsch: The past, the present, and new concepts

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2342-2358

  Leckel, Dieter ^a  

^a SASOL TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL PYROLYSIS; DIESEL PRODUCTION; FISCHER TROPSCH; FLOW SCHEMES; FT SYNTHESIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; NEW CONCEPT; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; SYN-GAS; SYNCRUDE; TRANSPORTATION FUELS;

BOILING LIQUIDS; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIESEL FUELS; METAL REFINERIES; PETROLEUM REFINING; REFINING; SYNTHESIS GAS;

FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 66149176601     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef900064c     Document Type: Article

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