Solvent-based fatty alcohol synthesis using supercritical butane: Flowsheet analysis and process design

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists’ Society

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-91

  Brands, D S ^a   Pontzen, K ^a   Poels, E K ^a   Dimian, A C ^a   Bliek, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conceptual design; Ester hydrogenolysis; Fatty alcohols; Process synthesis; Supercritical butane

Indexed keywords

BUTANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTERS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HYDROLYSIS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE SEPARATION; RECYCLING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FATTY ALCOHOLS; HYDROGENOLYSIS; SUPERCRITICAL BUTANE;

ALCOHOLS;

EID: 0036200337     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-002-0439-0     Document Type: Article

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