Improving product recovery in fractional crystallization processes: Retrofit of an adipic acid plant

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 823-832

  Cesar, Marcos A B ^a   Ng, Ka M ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts at Amherst   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PLANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; RETROFITTING;

FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

ADIPIC ACID;

CRYSTALLIZATION; LIQUID-SOLID SEPARATION; RECOVERY TECHNIQUE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLOW RATE; FRACTIONATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033103578     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9803671     Document Type: Article

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