Advanced Rate-Based Simulation Tool for Reactive Distillation

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 322-342

  Kenig, E Y ^a   Gorak A ^a   Pyhalahti A ^b   Jakobsson, K ^c   Aittamaa, J ^c   Sundmacher, K ^d  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Neste Oil Oyj   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Film reactor; Maxwell Stefan equations; Methyl acetate; MTBE; Rate based approach; Reactive distillation; Reactive tray hydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC THEORY; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHODS;

MASS TRANSPORT;

DISTILLATION;

ISOBUTYLENE; METHANOL; PROPIONIC ACID; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

DISTILLATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; REACTOR; TOOL;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; DISTILLATION; FILM; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; MASS; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 1642274056     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10030     Document Type: Article

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