Comparison of equilibrium stage and nonequilibrium stage models for reactive distillation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-47

  Baur, R ^a   Higler, A P ^b   Taylor, R ^a   Krishna, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium stage model; Ethylene glycol; Maxwell Stefan equations; Methyl tert butyl ether synthesis; Multiple steady states; Nonequilibrium stage model; Reactive distillation; Tray design

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTION; DISTILLATION; EQUILIBRIUM; ETHYLENE GLYCOL;

EID: 0034076106     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-8947(99)00114-X     Document Type: Article

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