Characterization and identification of the most refractory nitrogen compounds in hydroprocessed vacuum gas oil

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3184-3193

  Wiwel, Peter ^a   Hinnemann, Berit ^a   Hidalgo Vivas, Angelica ^a   Zeuthen, Per ^a   Petersen, Bent O ^a   Duus, Jens Ø ^b  

^a HALDOR TOPSØE A S   (Denmark)

^b CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION DETECTION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; GAIN INSIGHT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDRO-PROCESS; HYDRODENITROGENATION; HYDROPROCESSING; HYDROTREATING; NITROGEN CONTENT; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION COLUMNS; STRUCTURAL IDENTIFICATION; VACUUM GAS OIL;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EXTRACTION; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; GAS OILS; HYDROCRACKING; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); REFRACTORY MATERIALS; RESONANCE;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 77950453736     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie901473x     Document Type: Article

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