Comparison of a pseudo-homogeneous nonequilibrium dynamic model and a three-phase nonequilibrium dynamic model for catalytic distillation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6171-6180

  Xu, Yongqiang ^a   Ng, Flora T T ^a   Rempel, Garry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALCOHOLS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; DISTILLATION; HEAT TRANSFER; REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ALDOL CONDENSATION; BATCH CATALYTIC DISTILLATION; DIACETONE ALCOHOL (DAA); PSEUDO-HOMOGENEOUS NONEQUILIBRIUM DYNAMIC MODEL;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CATALYST; MODELING;

EID: 23844457631     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049100u     Document Type: Article

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