Advancement of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis via utilization of supercritical fluid reaction media

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 997-1015

  Elbashir, Nimir O ^a   Bukur, Dragomir B ^a   Durham, Ed ^b   Roberts, Christopher B ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT QATAR   (Qatar)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobalt catalyst; Fischer tropsch synthesis; Iron catalyst; Reaction engineering; Ruthenium catalyst; Supercritical fluids

Indexed keywords

COBALT CATALYST; IRON CATALYST; REACTION ENGINEERING; RUTHENIUM CATALYST; RUTHENIUM CATALYSTS;

CATALYSTS; COBALT; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; RUTHENIUM; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 77949286604     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12032     Document Type: Article

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