Design and control of acetic acid dehydration column with p-xylene or m-xylene feed impurity. 1. Importance of feed tray location on the process design

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 505-517

  Huang, Hsiao Ping ^a   Lee, Hao Yeh ^a   Gau, Tang Kai ^a   Chien, I Lung ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; IMPURITIES;

FEED STREAMS; FLOW SHEETS; M-XYLENE; P-XYLENE;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

ACETIC ACID; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; IMPURITIES;

EID: 33847145484     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie060883o     Document Type: Article

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