Influence of operating conditions and column configuration on the performance of reactive distillation columns with liquid-liquid separators

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 725-732

  Klöker, Markus ^a   Kenig, Eugeny Y ^a   Schmitt, Markus ^b   Althaus, Klaus ^c   Schoenmakers, Hartmut ^c   Markusse, A Peter ^c   Kwant, Gerard ^c  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Catalytic column internals; Ethyl acetate; Hexyl acetate; Rate based approach; Reactive distillation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEPARATORS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CATALYTIC COLUMNS; COLUMN CONFIGURATIONS; OPERATING CONDITIONS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ESTER;

DISTILLATION COLUMN; ESTER; LIQUID-LIQUID SEPARATION; PERFORMANCE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISTILLATION; LIQUID; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 2942659085     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450810352     Document Type: Conference Paper

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