Synthesis of ETBE: Residue curve maps for the heterogeneously catalysed reactive distillation process

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-191

  Thiel, Christian ^a   Sundmacher, Kai ^a   Hoffmann, Ulrich ^a  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analysis of steady state solutions; Heterogeneously catalyzed etherification; Residue curve maps; Simple reactive distillation process; Study of parameters; Synthesis of fuel ether ETBE

Indexed keywords

BUTENES; CATALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISTILLATION; ETHANOL; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DAMKOEHLER NUMBER; ETHERIFICATION; ETHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHERS; LANGMUIR HINSHELWOOD EQUATION; RESIDUE CURVE MAPS;

ETHERS;

EID: 0031089273     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-8947(96)03173-7     Document Type: Article

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