Chemical Equilibria in Methanol Synthesis Including the Water-Gas Shift Reaction: A Critical Reassessment

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 55, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 5854-5864

  Graaf, Geert H ^a   Winkelman, Jozef G M ^b  

^a Graaf Independent Energy Advice   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SHIFT; METHANOL; SYNTHESIS GAS MANUFACTURE; WATER GAS SHIFT;

CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; GIBBS ENERGY OF FORMATION; METHANOL SYNTHESIS; THERMOCHEMICAL DATA; WATER GAS SHIFT (WGS) REACTION;

EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS;

EID: 84973351611     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b00815     Document Type: Article

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