Design and control of a reactive-distillation process for esterification of an alcohol mixture containing ethanol and n-butanol

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-77

  Wu, Yi Chang ^a   Lee, Hao Yeh ^b   Tsai, Chen Yu ^a   Huang, Hsiao Ping ^a   Chien, I Lung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Design and control; Esterification; Ethyl acetate; N Butyl acetate; Reactive distillation

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ESTERIFICATION; ETHANOL; FLOWCHARTING; INVENTORY CONTROL; MIXTURES;

COMPLEX DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; DESIGN AND CONTROL; ETHYL ACETATES; MULTIPLE STEADY STATE; N-BUTYL ACETATE; PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS; REACTIVE DISTILLATION PROCESS; REACTIVE DISTILLATIONS;

ESTERS;

EID: 84883463139     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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