Dynamic simulation of the multicomponent reactive distillation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 4237-4252

  Alejski, Krzysztof ^a   Duprat, Françoise ^b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Ecole Centrale Marseille   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; ESTERIFICATION; ETHANOL; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONTINUOUS OPERATION DISTURBANCES; UNSTEADY STATE PERIOD;

DISTILLATION;

EID: 0030239974     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(96)00226-6     Document Type: Article

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