A comparison of conventional and optimized thermally coupled reactors for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis in GTL technology

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6206-6214

  Rahimpour, M R ^a   Khademi, M H ^a   Bahmanpour, A M ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chemical reactors; Fischer Tropsch synthesis; Heat transfer; Mathematical modeling; Optimization; Recuperative coupling

Indexed keywords

COUPLED REACTORS; CYCLOHEXANE DEHYDROGENATION; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION; ENDOTHERMIC REACTIONS; FISCHER TROPSCH; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS REACTION; FIXED BED; GTL TECHNOLOGY; HEAT EXCHANGER REACTORS; INLET TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MOLAR FLOW RATES; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; PRODUCTION YIELD; RECUPERATIVE COUPLING; SAVE ENERGY; SINGLE-STAGE REACTORS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; TUBE WALLS;

BENZENE; CATALYST DEACTIVATION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHEMICALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COUPLED CIRCUITS; CYCLOHEXANE; DEHYDROGENATION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; INLET FLOW; OPTIMIZATION; SINTERING;

FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 77957952184     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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