Dehydration of glycerol to acetol via catalytic Reactive distillation

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3543-3548

  Chiu, Chuang Wei ^a   Dasari, Mohanprasad A ^a   Suppes, Galen J ^a   Sutterlin, Willam R ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b Renewable Alternatives LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetol; Copper chromite; Dehydration; Glycerol; Propylene glycol; Reactive distillation; Residue

Indexed keywords

ACETOL; COPPER CHROMITE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; REACTIVE DISTILLATION;

CATALYSTS; DEHYDRATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; HYDROGENATION; OPTIMIZATION;

GLYCEROL;

CATALYSTS; DEHYDRATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; GLYCEROL; HYDROGENATION; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 33749465605     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10951     Document Type: Article

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