Long Term Pilot Plant Experience on Aromatics Extraction with Ionic Liquids

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 337-345

  Meindersma, Wytze ^a   Onink, Ferdy ^a   Hansmeier, Antje R ^a   de Haan, André B ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

heptane; hexane; hexene; refinery feed (LCCS); regeneration; Rotating Disc Contactor; toluene

Indexed keywords

AROMATICS EXTRACTIONS; DICYANAMIDE; HEXENE; MASS TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; ONLINE EDITIONS; PLANT TRIALS; REFINERY FEED (LCCS); REGENERATION; ROTATING DISC CONTACTOR; SEPARATION SCIENCE;

EXPERIMENTS; HEPTANE; HEXANE; PILOT PLANTS; REFINING; TOLUENE;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 84856825860     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2011.620590     Document Type: Article

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