Reactive dividing wall distillation columns: Simulation and implementation in a pilot plant

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 250-258

  Hernández, Salvador ^a   Sandoval Vergara, Rodrigo ^a   Barroso Muñoz, Fabricio Omar ^a   Murrieta Dueñas, Rodolfo ^a   Hernández Escoto, Héctor ^a   Segovia Hernández, Juan Gabriel ^a   Rico Ramirez, Vicente ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dividing wall distillation column; Pilot plant; Reactive distillation

Indexed keywords

CONTROL LOOP; DIVIDING WALL COLUMNS; DIVIDING WALL DISTILLATION COLUMN; DYNAMIC SIMULATION; ETHYL ACETATES; FEED COMPOSITIONS; LOAD REJECTIONS; REACTIVE DISTILLATION; REACTIVE DISTILLATIONS; SET-POINT; STEADY STATE; THERMALLY COUPLED DISTILLATION;

ACIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; DISTILLATION; ESTERS; ETHANOL; PILOT PLANTS; REMOTE CONTROL; SULFURIC ACID;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 57549113005     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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