A Monte Carlo modeling methodology for the simulation of hydrotreating processes

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 207-208, Issue , 2012, Pages 94-102

  Pereira de Oliveira, Luís ^a,b   Verstraete, Jan J ^a   Kolb, Max ^b  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Gas oil hydrotreating; Kinetic modeling; Molecular reconstruction; Monte Carlo; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; HYDROTREATING; HYDROTREATING PROCESS; KINETIC MODELING; KINETIC MONTE CARLO METHODS; LIGHT CYCLE OIL; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO MODELING; RECONSTRUCTION METHOD; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; TWO-STEP PROCEDURE;

GAS OILS; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; MOLECULES; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84866883442     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.05.039     Document Type: Article

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