Study of radial heat transfer in a tubular Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 10682-10688

  Zhu, Xiaowei ^a   Lu, Xiaojun ^a   Liu, Xinying ^a   Hildebrandt, Diane ^a   Glasser, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST BEDS; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; FISCHER TROPSCH; HEAT OUTPUT; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; LOW TEMPERATURES; RADIAL HEAT TRANSFER; REACTOR WALLS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TUBULAR REACTORS;

CATALYSTS; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER; INERT GASES; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 78049355743     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie1004527     Document Type: Conference Paper

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