轻汽油反应精馏醚化过程模拟

利用Aspen lus软件对轻汽油醚化的反应精馏过程进行了模拟.采用平衡级模型RedFrac模块作为反应精馏模型,对C5活性烯烃与甲醇醚化生成TAME反应进行了模拟计算,考察了反应精馏塔的进料醇烯比、进料位置,回流比、塔釜温度及操作压力几个因素对醚化转化率的影响,获得最优的反应条件,研究结果可以为轻汽油醚化过程和工艺设计提供依据和借鉴.     

UNIFAC方法在醚化反应精馏中的应用分析

应用ＵＮＩＦＡＣ官能团法计算相平衡数据为基础，给出了使用甲醇和异丁烯合成ＭＴＢＥ物系的官能团拆分结果和相平衡数据的计算方法。并使用改进三对角矩阵方法对合成ＭＴＢＥ的反应精馏塔进行了计算和模拟。模拟了不同压力、不同回流比、不同空速下的反应精馏结果。证明了ＵＮＩＦＡＣ方法在醚化物系中应用的有效性，解决了此类物系的反应精馏模拟因相平衡数据缺乏而难以计算的问题。     

酶反应精馏耦合技术研究进展

酶反应精馏是将酶催化反应与精馏过程进行耦合,可有效打破反应化学平衡的限制,提高酶反应转化率和选择性,是一种新型化工过程强化技术。本文分别从酶催化剂及其催化反应机制、酶催化剂装填方式、酶催化反应与精馏耦合型式、酶反应精馏耦合技术的应用案例等方面综述了酶反应精馏耦合技术的研究进展,分析表明:目前酶反应精馏耦合技术的开发尚不成熟,且与化学催化剂催化的反应精馏过程不同,酶反应精馏工艺过程开发还需考虑酶催化反应温度、底物浓度等因素对酶催化活性影响。在后续研究中,可分别从研究体系、酶的固定化技术、酶催化剂装填方式、酶反应精馏理论研究、酶反应精馏耦合工艺开发等方面开展强化研究。     

UNIFAC方法在醚化反应精馏中的应用分析

应用ＵＮＩＦＡＣ官能团法计算相平衡数据为基础，给出了使用甲醇和异丁烯合成ＭＴＢＥ物系的官能团拆分结果和相平衡数据的计算方法。并使用改进三对角矩阵方法对合成ＭＴＢＥ的反应精馏塔进行了计算和模拟。模拟了不同压力、不同回流比、不同空速下的反应精馏结果。证明了ＵＮＦＡＣ方法在醚化物系中应用的有效性，解决了此类物系的反应精馏模拟因相平衡数据缺乏而难以计算的问题。     

反应精馏过程图解设计法研究进展

反应精馏是伴有化学反应的精馏过程 ,具有设备紧凑、能量集成等优点。文章总结介绍了 80年代中期以来国内外有关反应精馏过程设计的研究进展 ,重点分析了图解设计法理论研究的现状和局限性 ,指出了反应精馏过程图解设计法的发展方向。     

反应精馏过程模拟研究进展

对均相反应精馏和非均相催化精馏过程的各种模拟计算方法进行了评述，分析了各种算法的优缺点和适用范围，指明了目前研究中存在的不足和今后的发展方向。     

醚化反应法合成乙二醇醚催化剂研究进展

介绍了醚化反应法合成乙二醇醚催化剂的研究进展,并对催化剂的开发提出了建议。在进行环氧乙烷与醇的醚化反应时,使用传统的碱性催化剂,反应容易形成多醚;使用传统的酸性催化剂,反应容易形成有毒物质二烷。已开发的新型催化剂如固体酸、可溶性磺酸盐、高氯酸盐可代替传统催化剂,提高反应产物的选择性和收率。磺酸盐类催化剂和高氯酸盐类催化剂具有较高的工业应用价值,值得进一步研究;研究重点应为镁盐、铝盐和锌盐。     

反应精馏技术研究进展

反应精馏作为一种新型特殊精馏,因其独特的优势而在化学工业中日益受到重视.本文简要介绍了其基本原理、特点以及分类,重点阐述了国内外反应精馏的模拟和应用研究进展,展望了反应精馏技术的发展方向.     

“背包式”反应精馏集成过程研究进展

“背包式”反应精馏是一种反应器与精馏塔既相互独立又相互耦合的离散集成技术。由于反应与分离处于不同空间位置,能够突破传统反应精馏对工况的限制,拓宽应用范围,且便于工程放大。本文综述了国内外“背包式”反应精馏从基础到应用的研究概况。从转化率、选择性、塔内温度、组成分布等方面,分析了“背包式”反应精馏与传统反应精馏的等效性,指出“背包式”反应精馏的优势在于工况的灵活选择利于实现反应与分离能力的最佳匹配。介绍了“背包式”反应精馏在稳态模拟与优化、动态模拟及控制等方面的研究进展,并从不同工况反应与精馏集成技术的应用、便捷的催化剂装填与反应器设计应用两个角度归纳了该技术的应用进展。最后,从优化设计理论、先进控制方法、能量综合利用以及强化酶催化反应等方面对“背包式”反应精馏进一步的研究与应用进行展望。     

反应精馏过程耦合强化技术基础与应用研究述评

反应精馏技术是过程强化概念在化学工业成功应用的典范。由于反应与精馏耦合的高度复杂性和非线性,反应-精馏相互影响机制、耦合方式及其过程能效调控与优化成为制约该技术广泛应用的关键科学问题。综述了近二十年来国内外反应精馏技术从基础研究到工业应用的概况,包括反应精馏过程的可行性分析与概念设计方法、稳态模拟过程优化与动态模拟控制策略设计、兼具催化反应与气液传质的高效内构件开发以及反应精馏在各领域的应用。探讨了目前制约反应精馏广泛应用关键问题的解决方法与途径,阐明了普适性的反应精馏过程开发方法,总结了基于反应精馏过程耦合的新型过程强化技术,指出了反应精馏技术的发展趋势。     

Design and optimization of reactive distillation: a review

Reactive distillation process, a representative process intensification technology, has been widely applied in the chemical industry. However, due to the strong interaction between reaction and separation, the extension of reactive distillation technology is restricted by the difficulties in process analysis and design. To overcome this problem, the design and optimization of reactive distillation have been widely studied and illustrated for plenty of reactive mixtures over the past three decades. These design and optimization methods of the reactive distillation process are classified into three categories: graphical, optimization-based, and evolutionary/heuristic methods. The primary objective of this article is to provide an up-to-date review of the existing design and optimization methods. Desired and output information, advantages and limitations of each method are stated, the modification and development for original methodologies are also reviewed. Perspectives on future research on the design and optimization of reactive distillation method are proposed for further research.     

Enhancing mass and energy integration by external recycle in reactive distillation columns

The synthesis and design of reactive distillation columns separating reacting mixtures with the most unfavorable relative volatilities (i.e., the reactants are the heaviest and lightest components with the products being the intermediate ones) are described. The unfavorable thermodynamics poses great difficulties in combining the reaction operation and the separation operation involved and limits severely the potential of reactive distillation columns in the reduction of capital investment (CI) and operating cost. To remove the limitation, we propose two strategies for facilitating the synthesis and design of this kind of reactive distillation columns in this article. One is to arrange prudentially the reactive section so as to strengthen internal energy integration between the reaction operation and the separation operation involved; that is, while the reactive section should be placed at the bottom of the reactive distillation columns separating exothermic reactions, it should be at the top of the reactive distillation columns separating endothermic reactions. The other is to introduce an external recycle flow between the two ends of the reactive distillation columns to reinforce internal mass integration and internal energy integration between the reaction operation and the separation operation involved; that is, whereas the external recycle flow should be directed from the top to bottom of the reactive distillation columns separating exothermic reactions, it should be from the bottom to top of the reactive distillation columns separating endothermic reactions. Separation of four hypothetical ideal (i.e., two quaternary and two ternary systems, respectively) and two real nonideal (i.e., two quaternary systems) reacting mixtures is chosen to evaluate the proposed strategies. The results show that they can considerably lower energy requirement besides a further reduction in CI. © 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 59: 2015–2032, 2013     

Inter-integration reactive distillation with vapor permeation for ethyl levulinate production: Equipment development and experimental validating

Ethyl levulinate, one of the main derivatives of levulinic acid (LA), is of significant potential as platform chemicals for bio-based materials. The esterification of LA was generally carried out in a conventional batch reactor or in a conventional reactive distillation column. However, traditional methods are hard to deal with equilibrium limited reactions and azeotropic issues. Therefore, the inter-integration reactive distillation with vapor permeation (R-VP-D) process, which integrated reaction, vapor permeation, and distillation into one single unit, is proposed in this paper and validated in the pilot-scale experiments. A comparative study is made between a pilot-scale RD column with and without VP module. Owing to the water-selective VP membrane and the ingenious design of related apparatuses, the R-VP-D process reveal a superiority in LA conversion of 21.9% maximum higher than RD without VP process and removing of product water about 53.6% from VP module, which indicates its promising industrial application in process intensification field.     

一种通用的反应蒸馏塔综合与设计方法

反应精馏是反应过程和分离过程耦合为一体的单元操作,已成为当今研究的重要领域。然而,到目前为止并没有一套通用简便的方法去指导反应精馏过程的综合与设计,严重限制了它的广泛应用。本文在过程强化原理的基础上提出了一种反应蒸馏塔通用的综合与设计方法,并利用2种反应蒸馏系统来评价所提出的设计策略。结果表明,该综合设计方法可以简便高效地搜索出反应蒸馏塔的最优结构,适用于不同类型的反应蒸馏塔的综合与设计。     

γ-戊酮酸丁酯反应精馏过程的逐步优化方案设计

Butyl-levulinate has been identified as a promising fuel candidate with high oxygen content. Its combustion in diesel engines yields very low soot and NOx emissions. It can be produced by the esterification of butanol and levulinic acid, which themselves are platform chemicals in a biorenewables-based chemical supply chain. Since the equilibrium of esterification limits the conversion in a conventional reactor, reactive distillation can be applied to overcome this limitation. The presence of the high-boiling catalyst sulfuric acid requires a further separation step downstream of the reactive distillation column to recover the catalyst for recycle. Optimal design specifications and an optimal operating point are determined using rigorous flowsheet optimization. The challenging optimization problem is solved by a favorable initialization strategy and continuous reformulation. The design identified has the potential to produce a renewable transportation fuel at reasonable cost.     

Integrated design and control of reactive distillation processes using the driving force approach

Superior controllability of reactive distillation (RD) systems, designed at the maximum driving force (design-control solution) is demonstrated in this article. Binary or multielement single or double feed RD systems are considered. Reactive phase equilibrium data, needed for driving force analysis and design of the RD system, is generated through an in-house property prediction tool. Rigorous steady-state simulation is carried out in ASPEN plus in order to verify that the predefined design targets and dynamics are met. A multiobjective performance function is employed to evaluate the performance of the RD system in terms of energy consumption, sustainability metrics (total CO₂ footprint), and control performance. Controllability of the designed system is evaluated using indices like the relative gain array (RGA) and Niederlinski index (N_I ), to evaluate the degree of loop interaction, as well as through dynamic simulations using proportional-integral (PI) controllers and model predictive controllers (MPC). The design-control of the RD systems corresponding to other alternative designs that do not take advantage of the maximum driving force is also investigated. The analysis shows that the RD designs at the maximum driving force exhibit enhanced controllability and lower carbon footprint than the alternative RD designs.     

外部环流反应精馏塔的分散控制方案设计

对于具有最不利相对挥发度排序（即反应物为最轻和最重组分，生成物为中间组分）的四元反应分离物系而言，在反应精馏塔的顶部和底部之间引入外部环流能够提高系统的反应分离效率，从而大幅度地降低系统的能量消耗和固定投资成本。以理想四元可逆放热反应的分离为例，研究了外部环流反应精馏塔的分散控制方案的设计问题。结果表明外部环流的引入提高了系统的反应速率，使得外部环流反应精馏塔的闭环控制效果更好（与传统反应精馏塔相比），对干扰的处理能力更强。另外，由于外部环流反应精馏塔比常规反应精馏塔有更多的操作变量（即外部环流流量），利用该变量对出料浓度进行控制，可以进一步提高系统的闭环控制效果。