Mathematical modeling of a trickle bed bio-desulfurizer of hydrotreated diesel for the production of ULSD (ultra-low sulfur diesel)

AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mukhopadhyay, M ^a   Chowdhury, R ^a   Bhattacharya, P ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bio desulfurization; Diesel; Immobilized; Intrinsic kinetic parameters; Trickle bed reactor; Uninhibited Monod model

Indexed keywords

BIO-DESULFURIZATION; DIESEL; IMMOBILIZED; INTRINSIC KINETIC PARAMETERS; TRICKLE BED REACTOR; UNINHIBITED MONOD MODEL;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLUID DYNAMICS; RECYCLING; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DESULFURIZATION;

EID: 77953026249     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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