Online switching of entrainers for acetic acid dehydration by heterogeneous azeotropic distillation

Journal of Process Control

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-88

  Wang, San Jang ^a   Wong, David S H ^b  

^a TA HWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acetic acid dehydration; Entrainer; Heterogeneous azeotropic distillation; Online switching; p Xylene

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DEHYDRATION; ENTRAINER; HETEROGENEOUS AZEOTROPIC DISTILLATION; ONLINE SWITCHING; P-XYLENE;

ACETIC ACID; DEHYDRATION; DISTILLATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; PH; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; XYLENE;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 84871919712     PISSN: 09591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprocont.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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