Recent advances in the science and technology of ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) production

Catalysis Today - Tập 153 Số 1-2 - Trang 1-68 - 2010
A. Stanislaus1, A. Marafi1, Mohan S. Rana1
1Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, PRD, P.O. Box: 24885, Safat 13109, Kuwait

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