Reactive Distillation for the Production of Methoxy Propyl Acetate: Experiments and Simulation

摘要: Propylene glycol methyl ether acetate is an industrially important solvent. In this work, we study the applicability of reactive distillation (RD) for its synthesis in presence ion-exchange resin, Amberlyst 15, as a catalyst. Simultaneous separation water during course reaction shifts forward direction, which renders cost effectiveness and compactness to process. The azeotrope between methoxy propanol complicates separation, leading loss reactants product streams, thereby hampering both conversion purity. Toluene thus used entrainer further intensify intrinsic kinetic parameters are determined from batch reactor data, subsequently simulate column performance. An experimentally validated simulator examine effect various operating design parameters. Reactant losses minimized negligible levels significant increase...