Start-up operation of reactive columns with multiple steady states: The ethylene glycol case

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 873-882

  Scenna, Nicolás J ^a,b   Benz, Sonia J ^b  

^a El INGAR Instituto de Desarollo y Diseno   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTILLATION; ETHYLENE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

REACTIVE COLUMNS;

GLYCOLS;

ETHYLENE GLYCOL;

DISTILLATION COLUMN; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; REACTIVE SEPARATION; START UP (MACHINES);

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DISTILLATION; POLICY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; SYNTHESIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037453787     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie020099d     Document Type: Article

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