Optimisation of the conceptual design of reactive distillation columns

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2089-2097

  Melles, Sanne ^a   Grievink, Johan ^a   Schrans, Stany M ^b,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design method; Optimisation; Reactive distillation; Sensitivity curves

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COSTS; OPTIMIZATION; REACTION KINETICS; STOICHIOMETRY;

LIQUID HOLDUP; REACTIVE DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

DESIGN; DISTILLATION COLUMN; OPTIMIZATION; REACTION;

EID: 0033626970     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00497-2     Document Type: Article

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