Process intensification of reactive distillation for the synthesis of n -propyl propionate: The effects of microwave radiation on molecular separation and esterification reaction

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 10287-10296

  Altman, Ernesto ^a   Stefanidis, Georgios D ^a   Van Gerven, Thomas ^b   Stankiewicz, Andrzej I ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING POINT; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF LIQUIDS; DISTILLATION; EFFICIENCY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; LIQUIDS; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; PROPIONIC ACID; RADIATION EFFECTS; SEPARATION; ZEOLITES;

EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; ESTERIFICATION REACTIONS; FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR SEPARATION; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; REACTIVE DISTILLATIONS; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; VAPOR-LIQUID INTERFACES;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 78049402871     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100555h     Document Type: Article

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