Simultaneous hydrogen and aromatics enhancement by obtaining optimum temperature profile and hydrogen removal in naphtha reforming process; A novel theoretical study

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 8316-8326

  Iranshahi, D ^a   Bahmanpour, A M ^a   Paymooni, K ^a   Rahimpour, M R ^a   Shariati, A ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aromatics enhancement; Differential evolution method; Hydrogen permeation; Naphtha reforming; Optimization

Indexed keywords

AROMATICS ENHANCEMENT; DE-OPTIMIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION METHOD; HYDROGEN PERMEATION; HYDROGEN REMOVAL; INLET TEMPERATURE; NAPHTHA REFORMING; OPTIMUM PROFILE; OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE; PRODUCTION RATES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AROMATIZATION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; HYDROGEN; NAPHTHAS; OPTIMIZATION; PERMEATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 79958172255     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.04.023     Document Type: Article

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