A reactive distillation process for an azeotropic reaction system: Transesterification of ethylene carbonate with methanol

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 194, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1608-1622

  Fang, Yun Jin ^a   Liu, Dao Jun ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dimethyl carbonate; Ethylene carbonate; Reactive distillation; Simulation; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

AZEOTROPES; ESTERIFICATION; ETHYLENE; METHANOL;

DIMETHYL CARBONATE; ETHYLENE CARBONATE; REACTIVE DISTILLATION; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

DISTILLATION;

AZEOTROPES; DISTILLATION; ESTERIFICATION; ETHYLENE; METHANOL;

EID: 34547791399     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: 15635201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986440701446094     Document Type: Article

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