Water and energy issues in gas-to-liquid processes: Assessment and integration of different gas-reforming alternatives

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 216-225

  Martínez, Diana Yered ^a   Jiménez Gutiérrez, Arturo ^a   Linke, Patrick ^b   Gabriel, Kerron J ^c   Noureldin, Mohamed M B ^c   El Halwagi, Mahmoud M ^c,d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT QATAR   (Qatar)

^c Texas AandM University   (United States)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Autothermal reforming; Gas reforming; GTL process; Partial oxidation; Process integration; Steam reforming

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GASES; SYNTHESIS GAS MANUFACTURE;

AUTOTHERMAL REFORMING; COMPUTER AIDED SIMULATIONS; GAS-TO-LIQUID PROCESS; PARTIAL OXIDATIONS; PROCESS INTEGRATION; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; REFORMING TECHNOLOGY; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL;

STEAM REFORMING;

EID: 84893311068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc4002643     Document Type: Article

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