A vapor-liquid equilibrium thermodynamic model for a Fischer-Tropsch reactor

Fluid Phase Equilibria

Volumn 314, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-45

  Masuku, Cornelius Mduduzi ^a,b   Ma, Wenping ^a   Hildebrandt, Diane ^b   Glasser, David ^b   Davis, Burtron H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fischer Tropsch reactor modeling; Raoult's law; Thermodynamic model; Vapor liquid equilibrium

Indexed keywords

CARBON NUMBER; DIFFUSION LIMITATIONS; FISCHER TROPSCH; FISCHER-TROPSCH REACTORS; HIGHER-DEGREE; K-VALUES; LIQUID COMPOSITIONS; LONG CHAINS; MIXING RULES; PURE COMPONENTS; RAOULT'S LAW; REACTION CONDITIONS; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; VAPOR-LIQUID EQUILIBRIUM;

FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; HYDROCARBONS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VAPORS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 83655201167     PISSN: 03783812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fluid.2011.10.020     Document Type: Article

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