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Simulation of a distillation column with nonequimolar mass transfer in the production of methylamines

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Theoretically substantiated expressions are suggested for estimating the tray efficiency in distillation with nonequimolar mass transfer. Binary interaction parameters are presented for the UNIQUAC calculation of the vapor-liquid equilibrium in the six-component system consisting of water, methanol, ammonia, monomethylamine, dimethylamine, and trimethylamine. An approach to simulating the operation of tray columns with nonequimolar mass transfer is proposed.

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  1. Angarsk State Technical Academy, ul. Chaikovskogo 60, Angarsk, Irkutsk oblast, 665830, Russia

    I. A. Semenov, B. A. Ul’yanov & D. A. Dubrovskii

  2. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 31, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    N. N. Kulov

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Original Russian Text © I.A. Semenov, B.A. Ul’yanov, D.A. Dubrovskii, N.N. Kulov, 2014, published in Teoreticheskie Osnovy Khimicheskoi Tekhnologii, 2014, Vol. 48, No. 5, pp. 587–593.

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Semenov, I.A., Ul’yanov, B.A., Dubrovskii, D.A. et al. Simulation of a distillation column with nonequimolar mass transfer in the production of methylamines. Theor Found Chem Eng 48, 644–649 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040579514050236

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