Development of a new catalytic distillation process for fuel ethers via a detailed nonequilibrium model

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2359-2368

  Sundmacher, Kai ^a   Hoffmann, Ulrich ^a  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION COLUMNS; ETHANOL; ETHERS; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANOL; OLEFINS;

CATALYTIC DISTILLATION PROCESS; ETHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER; FUEL ETHERS; METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER; TERTIARY AMYL METHYL ETHER;

DISTILLATION;

CATALYSTS; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; MODELS;

EID: 0030131397     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(96)00092-9     Document Type: Article

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