Design and control of acetic acid dehydration system via heterogeneous azeotropic distillation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 4547-4567

  Chien, I Lung ^a   Zeng, Kai Luen ^a   Chao, Huan Yi ^a   Liu, Jun Hong ^a  

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

Author keywords

Acetic acid dehydration; Distillation column control; Entrainer selection; Heterogeneous azeotropic distillation

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELLULOSE; DEHYDRATION; DISTILLATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; WATER;

AZEOTROPE; AZEOTROPIC COLUMN; CONTROL STRATEGIES;

ACETIC ACID;

DEHYDRATION;

ACETIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DEHYDRATION; DISTILLATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; WATER;

EID: 4544290758     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.06.041     Document Type: Article

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