Comparing catalytic distillation to separate reaction and distillation for the production of diacetone alcohol

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1026-1032

  Nicol, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aldol condensation; Catalytic distillation; Mass transfer; Modelling; Reaction engineering; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CONDENSATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

CATALYTIC DISTILLATIONS;

ALCOHOLS;

ALCOHOL; CATALYSIS; DISTILLATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SEPARATION;

EID: 0242349170     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387603322482257     Document Type: Article

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