Recovery of Formic Acid and Acetic Acid from Waste Water Using Reactive Distillation

Separation Science and Technology (Philadelphia)

Volumn 50, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 2930-2936

  Painer, Daniela ^a   Lux, Susanne ^a   Siebenhofer, Matthäus ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

acetic acid; azeotrope; esterification; fatty acid; formic acid; reactive distillation

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DISTILLATION; EFFLUENTS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FORMIC ACID; MIXTURES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH;

AQUEOUS MIXTURES; AZEOTROPIC MIXTURE; BIO-BASED FEEDSTOCK; BLACK LIQUOR PROCESSING; CONTINUOUS MODE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REACTIVE DISTILLATIONS; REACTIVE SEPARATION;

AZEOTROPES;

EID: 84953775639     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2015.1085407     Document Type: Article

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