Experimental study on transport of ultra-dispersed catalyst particles in porous media

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4980-4988

  Zamani, Amir ^a   Maini, Brij ^a   Pereira Almao, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATTACHMENT MECHANISM; CATALYST PARTICLES; CATALYST SUSPENSION; CATALYTIC HYDROGENATION; DISPERSED CATALYST PARTICLES; ENTRANCE REGION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEAVY OIL; HEAVY OIL AND BITUMENS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN-SITU; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS ROCKS; REVERSE FLOW; SAND PACK; SAND-BEDS; SUBMICROMETERS; THERMAL RECOVERY;

AIR EJECTORS; EXPERIMENTS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; HYDROGENATION; POROUS MATERIALS; SAND; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); THERMAL OIL RECOVERY;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 77956761958     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef100518r     Document Type: Conference Paper

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