Methyl lactate synthesis using batch reactive distillation: Operational challenges and strategy for enhanced performance

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 158, Issue , 2016, Pages 193-203

  Aqar, Dhia Y ^a   Rahmanian, Nejat ^a   Mujtaba, Iqbal M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conventional reactive distillation; Dynamic modelling; Esterification; Methyl lactate; Optimization; Semi batch reactive distillation

Indexed keywords

BOILING POINT; DISTILLATION; DYNAMIC MODELS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; LACTIC ACID; METHANOL; OPTIMIZATION; SEPARATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BATCH DISTILLATION COLUMNS; METHYL LACTATE; MODEL BASED OPTIMIZATION; OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; REACTIVE DISTILLATIONS; SEMI-BATCH;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 84950270505     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: 18733794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2015.12.023     Document Type: Article

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