The conceptual design of a continuous pervaporation membrane reactor for the production of 1,1-diethoxy butane

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1862-1868

  Agirre, Ion ^a,b   Güemez, M Belén ^a   Motelica, Anatolie ^b   van Veen, Henk M ^b   Vente, Jaap F ^b   Arias, Pedro L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetals; Fuel additive; Hybsi ; Membrane reactor design; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ACETALS; CATALYTIC PRODUCTION; CRITICAL EVALUATION; FEED COMPOSITIONS; IN-SITU; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE REACTOR; OPTIMAL CONFIGURATIONS; PERVAPORATION MEMBRANES; SELECTIVE MEMBRANES;

ALDEHYDES; BUTANE; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; FUEL ADDITIVES; MODELS; PERVAPORATION;

BIOREACTORS;

EID: 84860633199     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12692     Document Type: Article

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