Semicontinuous distillation for ethyl lactate production

AIChE Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2539-2552

  Adams II, Thomas A ^a   Seider, Warren D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distillation; Ethyl lactate; Middle vessel; Process intensification; Semicontinuous

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS; ETHYL LACTATE; ETHYL LACTATES; MIDDLE VESSEL; NEW FORMS; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; PROCESS INTENSIFICATIONS; PRODUCTION RATES; REACTION MIXTURES; SEMICONTINUOUS; SEMICONTINUOUS PROCESSES; TERNARY SEPARATIONS;

ACIDS; DISTILLATION; ETHANOL; LACTIC ACID; ORGANIC ACIDS; PERVAPORATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SEPARATION;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 54949106924     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11585     Document Type: Article

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