Predicting multiple steady states in equilibrium reactive distillation. 2. Analysis of hybrid systems

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1649-1665

  Güttinger, Thomas E ^a,b   Morari, Manfred ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CIBA GEIGY LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; ETHERS; GRAPH THEORY; PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

METHYLTERTBUTYL ETHERS; REACTIVE DISTILLATION;

DISTILLATION;

DISTILLATION; STEADY FLOW;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DISTILLATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; PREDICTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0242692546     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie980328p     Document Type: Article

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