Pilot plant scale study of the influence of the operating conditions in the production of carbon nanofibers

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 8407-8417

  Jiménez, Vicente ^a   Nieto Márquez, Antonio ^a   Díaz, José Antonio ^a   Romero, Rubi ^b   Sánchez, Paula ^a   Valverde, José Luis ^a   Romero, Amaya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON PRODUCTS; CARBON SOURCE; CARBON YIELD; CATALYTIC METALS; CRYSTALLINITIES; EXTERNAL SURFACES; FIXED-BED REACTORS; LABORATORY REACTORS; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; MESOPOROUS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMUM VALUE; PILOT PLANT SCALE; PILOT SCALE; REACTION CONDITIONS; REACTION TIME; REACTION VARIABLES; SCALE-UP; SOLID CARBON; SPACE VELOCITIES; THERMAL STABILITY;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; ETHYLENE; METAL RECOVERY; OPTIMIZATION; PILOT PLANTS;

CARBON NANOFIBERS;

EID: 70349337264     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9005386     Document Type: Article

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