Industrial Isomerization

Zeolites in Industrial Separation and Catalysis

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 479-504

  Bauer, John E ^a   Xu, Feng ^a   Bogdan, Paula L ^a   Gajda, Gregory J ^a  

^a UOP LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatics; Bifunctionality; Catalysts; Industrial applications; Isomerization; Membrane reactors; Metal zeolites; Olefins; Paraffins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885487487     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527629565.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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