Performance of diffusion distillation column for production of fuel grade ethanol

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1847-1854

  Singh, Neetu ^a   Prasad, Ram ^b  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b HARCOURT BUTLER TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Diffusion distillation; Enrichment; Ethanol water; Selectivity; Wetted wall column

Indexed keywords

BLAST ENRICHMENT; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; DIFFUSION; DISTILLATION; ETHANOL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

AZEOTROPIC COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION PROCESS; ETHANOL-WATER; FUEL GRADE ETHANOL; OPERATING CONDITION; SEPARATION OF ETHANOL; VAPORIZATION TEMPERATURE; WETTED-WALL COLUMNS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DISTILLATION; ENERGY BALANCE; FLOW RATE; SIMULATION; VAPORIZATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84940580778     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.4495     Document Type: Article

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