Synthesis of dimethyl carbonate and propylene glycol by transesterification of propylene carbonate with methanol: Catalyst screening, chemical equilibrium and reaction kinetics

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 347-360

  Holtbruegge, Johannes ^a   Leimbrink, Mathias ^a   Lutze, Philip ^a   Górak, Andrzej ^a,b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Batch reactor; Heterogeneous catalyst; Homogeneous catalyst; Reaction kinetics modeling; Reactive distillation; Sodium methoxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885372538     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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