Reactive distillation for esterification of an alcohol mixture containing n-butanol and n-amyl alcohol

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 7186-7204

  Lee, Hao Yeh ^a   Yen, Ling Ting ^a   Chien, I Lung ^b   Huang, Hsiao Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL MIXTURES; ALTERNATIVE METHODS; AMYL ALCOHOL; DIRECT ESTERIFICATION; FEED LOCATIONS; FLOWSHEET; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; N-BUTANOL; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; REACTIVE DISTILLATIONS; RELATIVE FEED; SEQUENCE DESIGNS; TOTAL ANNUAL COSTS;

ACIDS; ALCOHOLS; BOILING POINT; DISTILLATION; DRUG PRODUCTS PLANTS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; REACTION KINETICS;

MIXTURES;

EID: 68549125321     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie801891q     Document Type: Article

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