A novel process for the synthesis of unsaturated polyester

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 747-756

  Shah, M ^a   Zondervan, E ^a   Oudshoorn, M L ^b   de Haan, A B ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DSM RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intensification; Modelling; Polyesterification; Reactive distillation; Unsaturated polyester

Indexed keywords

INTENSIFICATION; MODELLING; POLYESTERIFICATION; REACTIVE DISTILLATIONS; UNSATURATED POLYESTER;

BATCH REACTORS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ESTERS;

EID: 80051474673     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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