Modeling and simulation of catalytic distillation column for esterification of acetic acid with methanol

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Chandrakar, Anil Kumar ^a   Agarwal, Vijay K ^a   Chand, Shri ^a   Wasewar, Kailas L ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Catalytic distillation; Esterification; Methanol; Modeling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; ESTERIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANOL; REACTION KINETICS;

CATALYTIC DISTILLATION; FEED TRAY LOCATION; SINGLE FEED COLUMN; TWO FEED COLUMN;

ACETIC ACID;

EID: 35948941268     PISSN: 21945748     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.1404     Document Type: Article

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