A kinetic study of the reaction between terephthalic acid and ethylene oxide in a nonsolvent system |
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| Authors: | Won-Kyoo Lee B.Y. Jin J.S. Lee J.I. Kim S.H. Yi |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Chemical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 150, Chongyang, Seoul 131, Korea |
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| Abstract: | Kinetics of the reaction between terephathalic acid and ethylene oxide, catalysed by triethylamine, was studied in a high-pressure reactor without using solvent. This reaction was carried out at a temperature range of 80–100°C and at a pressure range of 10–15 Kg/cm2 beyond the corresponding vapor pressure of ethylene oxide. Effects of temperature, catalyst concentration, mole ratio of ethylene oxide to terephthalic acid, particle size of terephthalic acid, pK value of the tertiary amine and stirrer speed were experimentally investigated on the yield of bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate and reaction rates. It was found that the bulk reaction of terephthalic acid with ethylene oxide occurred in the liquid phase. Based on experimental results a reaction mechanism to synthesize bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate from terephthalic acid and ethylene oxide in a nonsolvent system was proposed, and rate constants were obtained with a model based on this proposed reaction mechanism. The activation energy of the reaction was found to be between 3.67–8.28 kcal/mole in the temperature range of 80–95°C. |
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