Reactive distillation for methyl acetate production

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1855-1866

  Huss, Robert S ^a   Chen, Fengrong ^a   Malone, Michael F ^a   Doherty, Michael F ^a,b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Methyl acetate; Reactive distillation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

REACTIVE DISTILLATION;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHYL ACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COMPUTER; CONTROL SYSTEM; DISTILLATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHYL ACETATE; PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHASE SEPARATION; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS MODEL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; REACTIVE DISTILLATION COLUMN; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0242642744     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-1354(03)00156-X     Document Type: Article

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