Synergies in the production of olefins by combined cracking of n-butane and methanol on a HZSM-5 zeolite catalyst

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 760-769

  Mier, Diana ^a   Aguayo, Andres T ^a   Gayubo, Ana G ^a   Olazar, Martin ^a   Bilbao, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coke; Deactivation; HZSM 5 zeolite; Methanol; N Butane cracking; Olefins; Process integration

Indexed keywords

COKE DEACTIVATION; DEACTIVATION; HZSM-5 ZEOLITES; N-BUTANE; PROCESS INTEGRATION;

BUTANE; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COKE; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; METHANOL; OLEFINS;

CATALYTIC CRACKING;

EID: 77955146186     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.04.016     Document Type: Article

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