Deep removal of sulfur and aromatics from diesel through two-stage concurrently and countercurrently operated fixed-bed reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 22-23, 2004, Pages 5465-5472

  Cheng, Zhen Min ^a   Fang, Xiang Chen ^a,b   Zeng, Rong Hui ^b   Han, Bao Ping ^b   Huang, Lei ^a   Yuan, Wei Kang ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SINOPEC   (China)

Author keywords

Countercurrent flow; Diesel fuel; Fixed bed reactor; Heterogeneous model; Hydrodesulfurization

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRUDE PETROLEUM; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

COUNTERCURRENT FLOW; DEEP REMOVAL; HETEROGENOUS MODEL;

DIESEL FUELS;

COUNTERCURRENT FLOW; DESULFURIZATION; DIESEL; FIXED BED;

EID: 9944244087     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.09.036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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