Steady-state transitions in the reactive distillation of MTBE

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 879-892

  Sneesby, M G ^a   Tade M O ^a   Smith, T N ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLABILITY; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

REACTIVE DISTILLATION; STEADY STATE TRANSITIONS;

DISTILLATION;

DISTILLATION; REACTION;

EID: 0032551499     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(97)00273-1     Document Type: Article

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