An acrylic acid facility has been designed to operate successfully using cooling water in the distillation column

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An acrylic acid facility has been designed to operate successfully using cooling water in the distillation column condenser. However, after a recent warm spell in which the temperature exceeded 100°F for a week, customers complained that the acrylic acid product had the same yellowish color and increased viscosity observed in another plant, as described in Section 24.3.1. Suggest possible causes and remedies for this situation.24.3.1 Troubleshooting Off-Specification Acrylic Acid Product This problem concerns an acrylic acid

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Analysis Synthesis And Design Of Chemical Processes

ISBN: 9780134177403

5th Edition

Authors: Richard Turton, Joseph Shaeiwitz, Debangsu Bhattacharyya, Wallace Whiting

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