Hydrodynamic Effects in Scaled-Down Hydrocracking of Iron-Based Fischer−Tropsch Wax

Iron-based low-temperature Fischer−Tropsch (LTFT) wax was hydrocracked in upflow and downflow mode of operation using fixed-bed bench-scale and pilot-scale reactors. Heavy paraffin conversion was higher in the upflow mode whereby lower diesel selectivities were observed. It was also shown that the d...

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Published in:Industrial & engineering chemistry research 2008-12, Vol.47 (24), p.10086-10092
Main Authors: van der Merwe, Werner, Loudon, Dylan, Leckel, Dieter
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