Transformation of toluene and 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene over ZSM-5 and mordenite catalysts: A comprehensive kinetic model with reversibility

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 6376-6387

  Waziri, S M ^a   Aitani, A M ^a   Al Khattaf, S ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

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Indexed keywords

APPARENT ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYSTS DEACTIVATION; CATALYTIC TRANSFORMATION; DECAY FUNCTION; DEVELOPED MODEL; DISPROPORTIONATIONS; EQUIMOLAR MIXTURES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; H-MORDENITE; H-ZSM-5; ISOMERIZATION REACTION; KINETIC MODELS; MORDENITE CATALYSTS; ORTHO XYLENES; REACTION CONDITIONS; REACTION TIME; REVERSE ORDER; RISER SIMULATOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCIES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; TOLUENE CONVERSION; TRANSALKYLATION; TRIMETHYLBENZENE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; CATALYST DEACTIVATION; CATALYST POISONING; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; ISOMERIZATION; KINETIC THEORY; TEMPERATURE; TOLUENE; XYLENE; ZEOLITES;

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EID: 79951683208     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100527x     Document Type: Article

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