Investigation of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis performance and its intrinsic reaction behavior in a bench scale slurry bubble column reactor

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1839-1844

  Jung, Heon ^a   Yang, Jung Il ^a   Yang, Jung Hoon ^a   Lee, Ho Tae ^a   Chun, Dong Hyun ^a   Kim, Hak Joo ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bench scale; Fischer Tropsch synthesis; Reaction temperature; Slurry bubble column reactor; Space velocity; Superficial velocity

Indexed keywords

BENCH SCALE; FISCHER TROPSCH; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; SPACE VELOCITIES; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; LIQUIDS; SYNTHESIS GAS; VELOCITY;

FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 77957315696     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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