Catalytic distillation : design and application of a catalytic distillation column

dc.contributor.advisorCallanan, L. H.
dc.contributor.advisorMoller, K. P.
dc.contributor.authorNieuwoudt, Josias Jakobus (Jako)en_ZA
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Process Engineering.
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Cape Town. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Chemical Engineering. Catalysis Research Unit.
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-22T12:35:33Zen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T08:40:13Z
dc.date.available2007-01-22T12:35:33Zen_ZA
dc.date.available2010-06-01T08:40:13Z
dc.date.issued2005-12en_ZA
dc.descriptionThesis (MScEng (Process Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.
dc.description.abstractCatalytic Distillation (CD) is a hybrid technology that utilizes the dynamics of si- multaneous reaction and separation in a single process unit to achieve a more compact, economical, efficient and optimized process design when compared to the traditional multi-unit designs. The project goal (and key question) is (how) to design a cost-effective, simple and accurate laboratory-scale continuous CD system that will sufficiently and accurately supply useful data for model validation. The system to be investigated is the continuous hydrogenation of an a-olefin C6 (1-hexene) feed stream to the corresponding alkane (n-hexane) product with simultaneous reactant/product separation. Hypothetically, a system can be constructured to determine whether hydrogenation will benefit from the heat and mass transfer integration observed under CD conditions in terms of energy usage, temperature control and the catalyst's surface hydrogen concentration. System convergence with commercial distillation simulation packages ...en_ZA
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2085
dc.publisherStellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Stellenbosch
dc.subjectDissertations -- Process engineeringen
dc.subjectTheses -- Process engineeringen
dc.subjectDistillation apparatusen
dc.subjectDistillationen
dc.titleCatalytic distillation : design and application of a catalytic distillation columnen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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