Azeotropic distillation-assisted preparation of nanoscale gamma-alumina powder from waste oil shale ash

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-72

  An, Baichao ^a   Ji, Guijuan ^a   Wang, Wenying ^a   Gan, Shucai ^a   Xu, Jijing ^a   Gao, Guimei ^a   Li, Guanghuan ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Azeotropic distillation; Gamma alumina; Nanoscale; Oil shale ash

Indexed keywords

AZEOTROPIC DISTILLATION; BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; COMBINED PROCESS; GAMMA ALUMINA; HETEROGENEOUS AZEOTROPIC DISTILLATION; NANO SCALE; OIL SHALE ASH; RESIDUAL WATERS; STRUCTURAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC-DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TWO STAGE; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUES; WASTE OIL; WELL-DISPERSED; X RAY DIFFRACTOMETERS;

CALCINATION; DISTILLATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS ADSORPTION; LEACHING; NANOCRYSTALLINE POWDERS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SHALE; SHALE OIL; SINTERING; THERMOANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASONIC TESTING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

OIL SHALE;

EID: 75149141668     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.10.048     Document Type: Article

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