Control of a reactive distillation column in the kinetic regime for the synthesis of n-butyl acetate

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 5182-5194

  Wang, San Jang ^a   Wong, David S H ^b   Lee, En Ko ^a,b  

^a TA HWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COMPOSITION; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

FEED FLOW SENSORS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

ACETIC ACID; HEXANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; N BUTYL ACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISTILLATION COLUMN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; FLOW RATE; KINETICS; PROCESS DESIGN; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0142059098     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0209172     Document Type: Article

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