Isophorone reactor: Modelling and performance enhancement

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 207-208, Issue , 2012, Pages 349-367

  Darda, Pranay J ^a   Ranade, Vivek V ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Isophorone; Model; Performance enhancement; Reactive distillation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; FEED COMPOSITIONS; ISOPHORONES; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; MASS RATIO; MULTI-STAGE MODELS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; REACTIVE DISTILLATION COLUMNS; REACTIVE DISTILLATIONS; REACTOR VOLUME; SIMULATED RESULTS;

ACETONE; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; MASS TRANSFER; MODELS;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 84866883358     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.06.137     Document Type: Article

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