Mixed succinic acid/acetic acid esterification with ethanol by reactive distillation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 9209-9220

  Orjuela, Alvaro ^a,b   Kolah, Aspi ^a   Lira, Carl T ^a   Miller, Dennis J ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID ESTERIFICATION; AMBERLYST; ASPEN PLUS; CATION EXCHANGE RESINS; COLUMN PRESSURE; DIETHYL SUCCINATE; ETHYL ACETATES; EXPERIMENTAL PHASE EQUILIBRIA; NON-CATALYTIC; OPERATING CONDITION; PILOT SCALE; REACTIVE DISTILLATIONS; REACTIVE ZONES; REFLUX RATIO; STRUCTURED PACKINGS; SUCCINIC ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; ESTERIFICATION; ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTS; FERMENTATION; OILS AND FATS; PH; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; STAINLESS STEEL;

ESTERS;

EID: 79960863799     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie200133w     Document Type: Article

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