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Sulphonation Technology as a Tool for the Educator in Preparing Case Studies and Final-Year Design Projects in a Chemical Engineering Curriculum

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This section outlines the virtues of the sulphonation technology as a “learning paradise” for chemical engineers-to-be. All kinds of problems and disciplines come together in one concise operation: highly exothermic reactions, sometimes in combination with substantial viscosity increase of the reaction products, undesired parallel and consecutive reactions affecting final product quality, environmental problems, hazardous and corrosive chemicals demanding careful selection of plant equipment, design and construction materials.

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de Groot, W.H. (1991). Sulphonation Technology as a Tool for the Educator in Preparing Case Studies and Final-Year Design Projects in a Chemical Engineering Curriculum. In: Sulphonation Technology in the Detergent Industry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7918-6_12

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