Joint transformation of methanol and n-butane into olefins on an hzsm-5 zeolite catalyst in reaction-regeneration cycles

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 40, 2012, Pages 13073-13084

  Aguayo, Andrés T ^a   Gayubo, G ^a   Ateka, Ainara ^a   Gamero, Mónica ^a   Olazar, Martin ^a   Bilbao, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COKE COMBUSTION; HZSM-5 ZEOLITES; KINETIC MODELS; LIGHT OLEFINS; MOLAR RATIO; N-BUTANE; OLEFIN PRODUCTION; PARTIAL REACTIVATION; PROCESS CONDITION; REACTION STEPS; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SPACE TIME; TIME ON STREAMS;

BUTANE; COMBUSTION; KINETICS; METHANOL; OLEFINS; REACTION KINETICS;

CATALYST REGENERATION;

EID: 84867629972     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie301142k     Document Type: Article

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