Modeling the coke formation in the convection section tubes of a steam cracker

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5752-5764

  De Schepper, Sandra C K ^a   Heynderickx, Geraldine J ^a   Marin, Guy B ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFD CODES; COKE FORMATION; DEVELOPED MODEL; FOULING PROBLEMS; HIGH TEMPERATURE ZONES; HOT SURFACE; HYDROCARBON DROPLETS; IMPACT BEHAVIOR; IMPACT ENERGY; KINETIC MODELS; LAYER THICKNESS; LIQUID HYDROCARBONS; LIQUID MATERIALS; STEAM CRACKER; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TUBE WALLS;

COKE; DROP FORMATION; HYDROCARBONS; LIQUIDS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

STEAM CRACKING;

EID: 77953338615     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100091e     Document Type: Article

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