Extractive distillation: A review

Separation and Purification Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-213

  Lei, Zhigang ^a   Li, Chengyue ^a   Chen, Biaohua ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

CAMD; Experiment technique; Extractive distillation; Mathematic model; Process; Solvent; Theory

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

IONIC LIQUID; LIQUID SOLVENT; OPERATION POLICY; SOLID SALT;

DISTILLATION;

EID: 1642520776     PISSN: 15422119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/SPM-120026627     Document Type: Article

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