Transesterification of dimethyl carbonate with ethanol to form ethyl methyl carbonate and diethyl carbonate: A comprehensive study on chemical equilibrium and reaction kinetics

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 11073-11086

  Keller, Tobias ^a   Holtbruegge, Johannes ^a   Niesbach, Alexander ^a   Górak, Andrzej ^a,b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY-BASED; ARRHENIUS EQUATION; CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; DIETHYL CARBONATES; DIMETHYL CARBONATE; ETHYL METHYL CARBONATE; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYST; KINETIC MODELS; SODIUM ETHOXIDES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VAN'T HOFF EQUATION;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; ETHANOL; KINETICS; RATE CONSTANTS; SODIUM; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CARBONATION;

EID: 84855614997     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie2014982     Document Type: Article

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