Composition trajectories for heterogeneous azeotropic distillation in a bubble-cap tray column: Influence of mass transfer

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 413-426

  Springer, P A M ^a   Baur, R ^a   Krishna, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distillation boundary; Equilibrium stage; Heterogeneous azeotropic distillation; Maxwell Stefan equations; Nonequilibrium stage; Residue curve maps

Indexed keywords

AZEOTROPES; DIFFUSION; DISTILLATION; TRAJECTORIES;

AZEOTROPIC DISTILLATION;

MASS TRANSFER;

BUBBLE COLUMN; DISTILLATION; MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 0038237519     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387603765173682     Document Type: Article

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