Heat transfer study with and without Fischer-Tropsch reaction in a fixed bed reactor with TiO2, SiO2, and SiC supported cobalt catalysts

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 247, Issue , 2014, Pages 75-84

  Zhu, Xiaowei ^a,b   Lu, Xiaojun ^a   Liu, Xinying ^a   Hildebrandt, Diane ^a   Glasser, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Effective thermal conductivity coefficient; Fischer Tropsch synthesis; Fixed bed reactor; Heat transfer

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; FISCHER-TROPSCH REACTION; FIXED BED REACTOR; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; REACTION CONDITIONS; SUPPORTED COBALT CATALYST; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TUBULAR FIXED BED REACTORS;

CATALYST SUPPORTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; HEAT TRANSFER; SILICON CARBIDE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 84897825126     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.02.089     Document Type: Article

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