Control of plantwide reactive distillation processes: Hydrolysis, transesterification and two-stage esterification

Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 382-402

  Hung, Shih Bo ^a   Chen, Jyun Hong ^b   Lin, Yu Der ^b   Huang, Hsiao Ping ^b   Lee, Ming Jer ^a   Ward, Jeffrey D ^b   Yu, Cheng Ching ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adipic acid; Hydrolysis; Plantwide control; Reactive distillation; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

ADIPIC ACIDS; CONTROL STRUCTURE; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; FEED FLOW RATE; METHYL ACETATES; PLANTWIDE CONTROL; REACTANT COMPOSITION; REACTIVE DISTILLATION PROCESS; REACTIVE DISTILLATIONS; RECYCLE FLOW; TEMPERATURE-COMPOSITION; THREE SYSTEMS; TWO STAGE;

ACIDS; DESIGN; DISTILLATION; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; HYDROLYSIS; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 77954661096     PISSN: 18761070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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