Solvent selection for commercial supercritical Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1525-1530

  Elmalik, Elfatih E ^a   Tora, Eman ^b   El Halwagi, Mahmoud ^b   Elbashir, Nimir O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT QATAR   (Qatar)

^b Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fischer Tropsch synthesis; Gas to liquid technology; Solvent selection and characterization; Supercritical fluids

Indexed keywords

DESIGN LIMITATIONS; ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS PROCESS; GAS-TO-LIQUID TECHNOLOGY; GASPHASE; HYDROCARBON SOLVENTS; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; IN-SITU REACTIONS; LIQUID PHASE; NON-CONVENTIONAL MEDIA; REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; SINGLE PHASE OPERATION; SOLVENT SELECTION; SOLVENT SELECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION; SUPER-CRITICAL; SUPERCRITICAL PHASE; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; TECHNO-ECONOMICS;

DESIGN; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; LIQUIDS; PARAFFINS; PROPANE; SOLVENTS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 79956348245     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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