Investigation of ethylene production in naphtha thermal cracking plant in presence of steam and carbon dioxide

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 228, Issue , 2013, Pages 1158-1167

  Seifzadeh Haghighi, S ^a   Rahimpour, M R ^a,b   Raeissi, S ^a   Dehghani, O ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Coke formation; Cracking in presence of carbon dioxide; Cracking in presence of steam; Naphtha thermal cracking

Indexed keywords

COKE FORMATION; EFFECT OF CARBONS; ETHYLENE PRODUCTION; MAINTENANCE COST; OPERATING CONDITION; PRODUCTS YIELDS; THERMAL CRACKING; TUBE WALL TEMPERATURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CRACKS; ETHYLENE; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAPHTHAS; STEAM; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

STEAM CRACKING;

EID: 84879528762     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.05.048     Document Type: Article

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