A comparison of the equilibrium and nonequilibrium models for a multicomponent reactive distillation column

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 159-172

  Lee, Jin Ho ^a   Dudukovic, M P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium model; Ethyl acetate; Homotopy continuation method; Newton method; Nonequilibrium model; Reactive distillation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ETHYL ACETATE; HOMOTOPY CONTINUATION METHOD; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; NONEQUILIBRIUM MODEL; REACTIVE DISTILLATION;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

ACETIC ACID; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL;

DISTILLATION COLUMN; EQUILIBRIUM; MODEL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; CHEMICAL REACTION; DISTILLATION; HEAT; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; VAPOR;

EID: 0032535847     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-1354(98)00257-9     Document Type: Article

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