Extractive distillation with the mixture of ionic liquid and solid inorganic salt as entrainers

AIChE Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2994-3004

  Lei, Zhigang ^a   Xi, Xiaomin ^a   Dai, Chengna ^a   Zhu, Jiqin ^a   Chen, Biaohua ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Extractive distillation; Ionic liquids; Mathematical model; Solid inorganic salts; Theoretical analysis

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; ETHANOL; IONIC LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONCEPTUAL PROCESS DESIGNS; EXTRACTIVE DISTILLATION; INORGANIC SALTS; SEPARATION ABILITY; SEPARATION OF ETHANOL; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STUDIES; VAPOR-LIQUID EQUILIBRIUM;

MIXTURES;

EID: 84903783679     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14478     Document Type: Article

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