Innovative single step bioethanol dehydration in an extractive dividing-wall column

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 290-297

  Kiss, Anton A ^a   Ignat, Radu M ^a,b  

^a AKZO NOBEL CENTRAL RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bioethanol dehydration; Dividing wall column; Extractive distillation; Integrated design; Process intensification; SQP optimization

Indexed keywords

ASPEN PLUS; AZEOTROPIC BEHAVIOR; ETHANOL WATER MIXTURES; EXTRACTIVE DISTILLATION; HIGH ENERGY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INTEGRATED DESIGNS; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; MASS SEPARATING AGENT; PRE-CONCENTRATION; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; RIGOROUS SIMULATION; SEPARATION METHODS; SEPARATION PROCESS; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING METHOD; SINGLE-STEP; SOLVENT RECOVERY;

ADSORPTION; BIOETHANOL; DEHYDRATION; DISTILLATION; ETHANOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; MOLECULAR SIEVES; OPTIMIZATION; PERVAPORATION;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 84865806172     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2012.06.029     Document Type: Article

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