Esterification of a fatty acid by reactive distillation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 3612-3619

  Steinigeweg, Sven ^a   Gmehling, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTILLATION; ESTERIFICATION; PILOT PLANTS;

REACTIVE DISTILLATION;

FATTY ACIDS;

DECANOIC ACID; ESTER; FATTY ACID; METHANOL; RESIN; WATER;

DISTILLATION; ECONOMICS; EQUILIBRIUM; ESTERIFICATION; FATTY ACID; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; KINETICS; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DISTILLATION; ESTERIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037707124     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie020925i     Document Type: Article

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