Improved design and efficiency of the extractive distillation process for acetone-methanol with water

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 491-501

  You, Xinqiang ^a,b   Rodriguez Donis, Ivonne ^a,b   Gerbaud, Vincent ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; AZEOTROPES; COOLING WATER; DESIGN; DISTILLATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; METHANOL;

EFFICIENCY INDICATORS; ENTRAINER FLOW RATES; EXTRACTIVE DISTILLATION; MINIMUM BOILING AZEOTROPES; PROCESS FLOW-SHEET; RELATIVE VOLATILITY; RESIDUE CURVE MAPS; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 84949117304     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie503973a     Document Type: Article

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