Terephthalic acid synthesis at higher concentrations in high-temperature liquid water. 2. Eliminating undesired byproducts

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1530-1537

  Osada, Mitsumasa ^a   Savage, Phillip E ^b  

^a ICHINOSEKI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Environmental engineering; Supercritical processes

Indexed keywords

HIGH SELECTIVITY; HIGH-TEMPERATURE LIQUIDS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC REACTION; OXYGEN GAS; P-XYLENE; REACTION CONDITIONS; SOLUBILITY LIMITS; SUPERCRITICAL PROCESSES; TEREPHTHALIC ACIDS; TWO LIQUID PHASIS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BYPRODUCTS; CATALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LUMINESCENCE OF ORGANIC SOLIDS; OXYGEN; SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TERNARY SYSTEMS; XYLENE;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 67149138006     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11761     Document Type: Article

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