Influence of feed impurity on the design and operation of an industrial acetic acid dehydration column

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3510-3521

  Chien, I Lung ^a   Huang, Hsiao Ping ^b   Gau, Tang Kai ^b   Wang, Chun Hui ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTILLATION; IMPURITIES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANNUAL COST ANALYSIS; AZEOTROPIC DISTILLATION; FEED IMPURITY; SIDE-STREAM LOCATION;

DEHYDRATION;

DISTILLATION COLUMN;

EID: 19844368780     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0501125     Document Type: Article

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