Design and control of an isopropyl alcohol dehydration process via extractive distillation using dimethyl sulfoxide as an entrainer

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 790-803

  Arifin, Saiful ^a   Chien, I Lung ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEHYDRATION; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; FLOW RATE; FLOWCHARTING;

DESIGN FLOWSHEET; ENTRAINER; ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL (IPA);

ALCOHOLS;

ALCOHOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEHYDRATION; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; FLOW RATE; FLOWCHARTING;

EID: 39449112717     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie070996n     Document Type: Article

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