Intensification of ester production in a continuous reactor

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Elgue, Sebastien ^a   Devatine, Audrey ^a   Prat, Laurent E ^a   Cognet, Patrick ^a   Cabassud, Michel ^b   Gourdon, Chrsitophe ^a   Chopard, Fabrice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

^c ALFA LAVAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Esterification; Hybrid process; Kinetic modelling; Process intensification

Indexed keywords

ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS;

CONDITION; CONTINOUS REACTOR; DESIGN CONDITION; ESTERIFICATION REACTIONS; HYBRID PROCESS; KINETIC MODELS; METHYL ACETATES; OPERATING CONDITION; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

BATCH REACTORS;

EID: 68849119153     PISSN: 21945748     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.1592     Document Type: Article

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