The production of butyl acetate and methanol via reactive and extractive distillation. II. Process modeling, dynamic simulation, and control strategy

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 41, Issue 26, 2002, Pages 6735-6744

  Jimenez, Laureano ^a,b   Costa López, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZEOTROPES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DISTILLATION; ESTERIFICATION; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY;

BUTYL ACETATE;

METHANOL;

ACETIC ACID; BUTANOL; METHANOL; METHYL GROUP; ORTHO XYLENE;

BUTYL ACETATE; DISTILLATION; DYNAMIC MODELING; METHANOL; PROCESS CONTROL; REACTIVE SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROL STRATEGY; DISTILLATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; PROCESS MODEL; PROFIT; SIMULATION; SYNTHESIS; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

EID: 0037176331     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie010765v     Document Type: Article

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