Design of reactive distillations for acetic acid esterification

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1683-1699

  Tang, Yeong Tarng ^a   Chen, Yi Wei ^a   Huang, Hsiao Ping ^a   Yu, Cheng Ching ^a   Hung, Shih Bo ^b   Lee, Ming Jer ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

Acetate; Esterification; Process design; Reactive distillation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CARBON; COSTS; DISTILLATION; ESTERIFICATION; ETHERS; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

ETHERIFICATION; RECTIVE DISTILLATION; REVERSIBLE REACTIONS; TOTAL ANNUAL COSTS (TAC);

ACETIC ACID;

DISTILLATION COLUMN;

EID: 21144437889     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10519     Document Type: Article

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