Removal of acetic acid from water by catalytic distillation. Part 1: Experimental studies

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 676-681

  Xu, Zhanping ^a,b   Afacan, Artin ^a   Chuang, Karl T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UOP LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Catalytic distillation; Solid acid catalysts; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CATALYST; DISTILLATION; LIQUID-LIQUID SEPARATION;

EID: 0032724790     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450770408     Document Type: Article

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