Catalytic cyclic distillation - A novel process intensification approach in reactive separations

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 81, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Pǎtruţ, Cǎtǎlin ^a   Bîldea, Costin Sorin ^a   Kiss, Anton A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b AKZO NOBEL CENTRAL RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case studies; Dimethyl ether; Process design; Process intensification; Reactive separation

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS DESIGN;

DIMETHYL ETHERS; DISTILLATION PROCESS; PERIODIC OPERATION; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; REACTIVE SEPARATION; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; SIMPLE REACTION; SYNTHESIS OF DIMETHYL ETHERS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 84899794124     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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