Progress in reactors for higherature fischer-tropsch process: Determination place of intensifier reactor perspective

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Saeidi, Samrand ^a   Amiri, Masoud Talebi ^b   Amin, Nor Aishah Saidina ^a   Rahimpour, Mohammad Reza ^c  

^a Faculty of Chemical Engineering   (Malaysia)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

CO conversions; Fischer Tropsch process; gasoline production; high temperature; intensifier reactors

Indexed keywords

CO CONVERSION; FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS; GASOLINE PRODUCTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84907755270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijcre-2014-0045     Document Type: Review

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