Process intensification on the separation of benzene and thiophene by extractive distillation

AIChE Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4470-4480

  Han, Jingli ^a   Lei, Zhigang ^a   Dong, Yichun ^a   Dai, Chengna ^a   Chen, Biaohua ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Benzene; Extractive distillation; Ionic liquids; Process intensification; Thiophene; UNIFAC model

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; DISTILLATION; DISTILLERIES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INVESTMENTS; IONIC LIQUIDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; THIOPHENE;

EQUIPMENT INVESTMENT; EXTRACTIVE DISTILLATION; IMPROVED PROCESS; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION STRATEGY; TRACE COMPONENTS; UNIFAC MODEL; VOLATILIZATION LOSS;

BENZENE REFINING;

EID: 84946479022     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.15009     Document Type: Article

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