Modelling of reactive separation processes: Reactive absorption and reactive distillation

Chemical Engineering and Processing

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 157-178

  Noeres, C ^a   Kenig, E Y ^a   Gorak A ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catalytic internals; Film reaction; Maxwell Stefan equations; Rate based approach; Reactive absorption; Reactive distillation; Reactive separation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AZEOTROPES; DISTILLATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; REDUCTION; SEPARATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

REACTIVE ABSORPTION; REACTIVE DISTILLATION;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

DISTILLATION; GAS SEPARATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PURIFICATION; REACTIVE SEPARATION;

EID: 0037332332     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0255-2701(02)00086-7     Document Type: Article

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