Rate-based modelling and simulation of reactive separations in gas/vapour-liquid systems

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 617-629

  Klöker, Markus ^a   Kenig, Eugeny Y ^a   Hoffmann, Achim ^a   Kreis, Peter ^a   Górak, Andrzej ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Process simulator; Rate based modelling; Reactive separations

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTILLATION; ESTERIFICATION; ETHANOL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

HEXANOIC ACIDS; RATE-BASED MODELLING; REACTIVE DISTILLATION; REACTIVE STRIPPING;

SEPARATION;

DISTILLATION; GAS-LIQUID SEPARATION; MODELING; REACTIVE SEPARATION;

EID: 14844356938     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2003.12.011     Document Type: Article

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