Catalytic distillation: A three-phase nonequilibrium model for the simulation of the aldol condensation of acetone

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 5342-5349

  Zheng, Yuxiang ^a   Ng, Flora T T ^a   Rempel, Garry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; MASS TRANSFER; OLIGOMERS; POLYMERIZATION; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

CATALYTIC DISTILLATION;

DISTILLATION;

ACETONE;

ACETONE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DESIGN; DISTILLATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISTILLATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035203598     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie001104l     Document Type: Conference Paper

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