Mathematical modeling of a slurry bubble column reactor for hydrodesulfurization of diesel fuel: Single- and two-bubble configurations

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 100, Issue , 2015, Pages 362-376

  Khadem Hamedani, Behnam ^a   Yaghmaei, Soheila ^a   Fattahi, Moslem ^b   Mashayekhan, Shohreh ^a   Hosseini Ardali, Seyed Mohsen ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hydrodesulphurization; Mathematical modeling; Single bubble class; Slurry bubble column reactor; Two bubble class

Indexed keywords

DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; FLOW OF GASES; HYDRODESULFURIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; SULFUR;

HYDRODESULPHURIZATION; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; OPERATING CONDITION; SINGLE BUBBLES; SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMN REACTORS; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TWO-BUBBLE CLASS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 84938282033     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2015.05.023     Document Type: Article

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