Application of isooctane to the dehydration of ethanol. Design of a column sequence to obtain absolute ethanol by heterogeneous azeotropic distillation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 140-144

  Font, Alicia ^a   Asensi, Juan C ^a   Ruiz, Francisco ^a   Gomis, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZEOTROPES; DISTILLATION; ETHANOL; GLASS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

ULTRASONIC HOMOGENIZERS;

DEHYDRATION;

ALCOHOL; AZEOTROPE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ISOOCTANE; ISOOCTANE(2,2,4 TRIMETHYLPENTANE); OCTANE; PENTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COLUMN; DESIGN; DISTILLATION; ETHANOL; VAPOR-LIQUID EQUILIBRIUM;

ARTICLE; DISTILLATION; PARAMETER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037425421     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0204078     Document Type: Article

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