Techno-economic and environmental evaluation of producing chemicals and drop-in aviation biofuels via aqueous phase processing [PDF]
, 2018 Novel aqueous-phase processing (APP) techniques can thermochemically convert cellulosic biomass into chemicals and liquid fuels. Here, we evaluate these technologies through process design and simulation, and from a techno-economic and environmental ...
Barrett, Steven R. H. +5 more
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A Novel Study of Upgrading Catalytic Reforming Unit by Improving Catalyst Regeneration Process to Enhance Aromatic Compounds, Hydrogen Production, and Hydrogen Purity [PDF]
Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, 2017 Catalytic reforming is a chemical process utilized in petroleum refineries to convert naphtha, typically having low octane ratings, into high octane liquid products, called reformates, which are components of high octane gasoline.
Mohammad Reza Talaghat +2 more
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Development of A Procedure to Improve The Efficiency and Yields of The Gasoline Production Process Through Pseudo-Dynamic Kinetic Modeling and Optimization [PDF]
Journal of Petroleum Science and Technology, 2020 Different sets of experiments were designed and conducted in a pilot plant to determine the effect of different operating conditions on the process efficiency and deactivation of the catalyst in the naphtha catalytic reforming process.
Sorood Abghari
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CATALYTIC REFORMING OF HEAVY NAPHTHA, ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION
Diyala Journal of Engineering Sciences, 2011 In this paper, one-dimensional steady-state mathematical model of a semi regenerative naphtha catalytic reforming process had been made. This model incorporated a detailed kinetic model involving 24 components, 1 to 11 carbon atoms for paraffins (n and ...
Zaidoon M. Shakoor
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Results in Engineering, 2022 Developing a simple technique to generate important hydrocarbon products as raw feed materials would benefit the petrochemical industry. This paper presents the Laplace transform method in comparison with the numerical method of resolving systems of ...
A.A. Wordu, O.E. Ojong, R.N. Okparanma
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Power sector reform, private investment and regional co-operation [PDF]
, 2006 Modern infrastructure, particularly electricity, is critical to economic development. South Asia, with inefficient and bankrupt state-owned vertically integrated electricity supply industries, encouraged private generation investment to address shortages
Newbery, David
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Optimization of Semiregenerative Catalytic Naphtha Reforming Unit to Enhance Octane Number and Reformate Yield [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2018 Catalytic naphtha reforming is one of the most important processes in which, low quality naphtha is converted into high octane motor gasoline. In this study, a mathematical model was developed and was used for investigation the effect of temperature ...
I. Khosrozadeh +2 more
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International Journal of Technology, 2014 In this research, a layered-recurrent artificial neural network (ANN) using the back-propagation method was developed for simulation of a fixed-bed industrial catalytic reforming unit called Platformer.
Sepehr Sadiigh, Reza Seif Mohaddecy
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Methane, 2023 The interest in Gas-to-Liquid technology (GTL) is growing worldwide because it involves a two-step indirect conversion of natural gas to higher hydrocarbons ranging from Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) to paraffin wax. GTL makes it possible to obtain clean
Farah T. Alsudani +7 more
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Intensification and forecasting of low-pour-point diesel fuel production via modelling reactor and stabilizer column at industrial unit [PDF]
, 2000 In this work forecast calculation of stabilizer column in the technology of low-pour- point diesel fuel production was modelled. The results of forecast calculation were proved by full-scale experiment at diesel fuel catalytic dewaxing unit. The forecast
Averyanova, E. V. +5 more
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