Choice of suitable entrainer in heteroazeotropic batch distillation system for acetic acid dehydration

Journal of the Chinese Institute of Chemical Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 503-517

  Huang, Han Jie ^a   Chien, I Lung ^a  

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

Author keywords

Acetic acid dehydration; Batch operation; Entrainer selection; Heteroazeotropic batch system; Multivessel

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DEHYDRATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT; MIXTURES; ORGANIC ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID DEHYDRATION; BATCH OPERATION; ENTRAINER SELECTION; HETEROAZEOTROPIC BATCH SYSTEM; MULTIVESSEL;

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EID: 56949095510     PISSN: 03681653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcice.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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