Esterification of fusel oil using reactive distillation. Part II: Process alternatives

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 47, 2013, Pages 16637-16647

  Patidar, Prafull ^a   Mahajani, Sanjay M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTILLERY WASTE; FUSEL OIL; REACTIVE DISTILLATION COLUMNS; REACTIVE DISTILLATIONS; SIMULATION MODEL; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; MIXTURES;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 84889264445     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie401553z     Document Type: Article

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