Steady-state multiplicities in reactive distillation columns for the production of fuel ethers MTBE and TAME: Theoretical analysis and experimental verification

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1029-1043

  Mohl, Klaus Dieter ^a   Kienle, Achim ^a   Gilles, Ernst Dieter ^a   Rapmund, Patrick ^b   Sundmacher, Kai ^b   Hoffmann, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experimental verification; Fuel ethers (MTBE and TAME); Multiple steady states; Nonlinear dynamics; Numerical analysis; Reactive distillation

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION COLUMN; DYNAMICS; FUEL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; REACTION;

EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; METHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; MULTIPLE STEADY STATES; REACTIVE DISTILLATION COLUMNS; STEADY STATE MULTIPLICITY; TERT AMYL METHYL ETHER;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; DYNAMICS; ETHERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 0032687084     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00327-3     Document Type: Article

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