Experimental Measurement of the Saddle Node Region in a Distillation Column Profile Map by Using a Batch Apparatus

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 85, Issue 1 A, 2007, Pages 24-30

  Modise, T ^a   Kauchali, S ^a   Hildebrandt, D ^a   Glasser, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

azeotropes; column profiles; distillate; distillation boundary; pinch point curve

Indexed keywords

AZEOTROPES; BOILING LIQUIDS; SEPARATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

COLUMN PROFILE MAPS; COLUMN PROFILES; PINCH POINT CURVE; RESIDUE CURVE MAPS (RCMS); SEMI-BATCH APPARATUS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

AZEOTROPES; BOILING LIQUIDS; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; SEPARATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 44249091182     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd06107     Document Type: Article

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