Recent advances in understanding the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) reaction

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 296-302

  Glasser, David ^a   Hildebrandt, Diane ^a   Liu, Xinying ^a   Lu, Xiaojun ^a   Masuku, Cornelius M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY;

CURRENT THEORIES; NEW RESULTS; OVERALL REACTIONS; WORLD ENERGIES;

FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84867246260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2012.02.001     Document Type: Review

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