Experimental study of the liquid-phase simultaneous syntheses of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and tert-butyl alcohol (TBA)

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 5359-5365

  Iborra, Montserrat ^a   Tejero, Javier ^a   El Fassi, Mustapha Ben ^a   Cunill, Fidel ^a   Izquierdo, J Felipe ^a   Fité, Carles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; ETHERS; FREE ENERGY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MOLAR RATIOS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

ALCOHOL; ISOBUTYLENE; RESIN; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; WT1 PROTEIN;

ALCOHOL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIQUID; MTBE; SYNTHESIS;

ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ENERGY; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; LIQUID; LOW TEMPERATURE; POROSITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0037201926     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie010640q     Document Type: Article

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