Conceptual design of reactive distillation for selectivity improvement in multiple reactant systems

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-82

  Thotla, Suman ^a   Mahajani, Sanjay M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Azeotrope; Chemical reactors; Conceptual design; Design; Reactive distillation; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COLLOIDS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; CONDENSATION; DESIGN; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; MIXTURES;

ALDOL CONDENSATIONS; COMPOSITION PROFILES; DESIGN GUIDELINES; DESIGN OPTIONS; IRREVERSIBLE REACTIONS; PARAMETRIC STUDIES; QUANTITATIVE YIELDS; REACTION SYSTEMS; REACTIVE DISTILLATION; REACTIVE DISTILLATIONS; REACTIVE ZONES; REAL PROCESSES; SELECTIVITY; SELECTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS;

AZEOTROPES;

EID: 57649083745     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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