Feasibility of equilibrium-controlled reactive distillation process: Application of residue curve mapping

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 17-25

  Almeida Rivera, Cristhian ^a   Grievink, Johan ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Feasibility analysis; Graphical methods; Methyl tert butyl ether; Non conventional feed compositions; Reactive distillation; Residue curve mapping (RCM)

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; FLOWCHARTING; METHANOL; SEPARATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

COMPOSITION VARIABLES;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

BUTANE; ISOBUTYLENE; METHANOL; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

AZEOTROPIC MIXTURE; DESIGN; DISTILLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; REACTIVE SEPARATION;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISTILLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROCESS DESIGN; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SIMULATION;

EID: 0346907105     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-1354(03)00168-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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