Removal of acetic acid from water by catalytic distillation. Part 2: Modeling and simulation studies

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 682-687

  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; Modeling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CATALYST; DISTILLATION; LIQUID-LIQUID SEPARATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

EID: 0033181123     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450770409     Document Type: Article

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