Purification of lactic acid via esterification of lactic acid using a packed column, followed by hydrolysis of methyl lactate using three continuously stirred tank reactors (CSTRs) in series: A continuous pilot plant study

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1506-1514

  Kamble, Sanjay P ^a   Barve, Prashant P ^a   Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B ^b,c   Rahman, Imran ^a   Kulkarni, Bhaskar D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c HOMI BHABHA NATIONAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOCATALYTIC; CONTINUOUS PILOT PLANTS; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; CONTINUOUSLY STIRRED TANK REACTOR; COST-EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY; COUNTER CURRENT; ECO-FRIENDLY; HIGH QUALITY; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; KINETIC RATES; MARKET SHARE; METHYL LACTATE; OPTICAL PURITY; PACKED COLUMN; PILOT PLANT SCALE; PILOT SCALE; PLANT PROCESS; POLYLACTIC ACIDS; REACTIVE DISTILLATIONS; SIMULATED RESULTS; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; WORLD MARKET;

COMPETITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; HYDROLYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PILOT PLANTS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

LACTIC ACID;

EID: 84856521520     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie200642j     Document Type: Article

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