Chemical Engineering & Technology, Vol.21, No.2, 136-139, 1998
Multiple steady states in a reactive distillation column for the production of the fuel ether TAME part II: Experimental validation
On the market, production technologies for the fuel ether TAME with and without an integrated reaction-separation unit (reactive distillation) are competing. To achieve high conversion of olefins, in most of the processes, a reactive distillation column is incorporated in addition to a standard liquid phase fixed bed reactor.