Production of ethyltert-butyl ether fromtert-butyl alcohol and ethanol catalyzed byβ-zeolite in reactive distillation |
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Authors: | Assabumrungrat Suttichai Wongwattanasate Darin Pavarajarn Varong Praserthdam Piyasan Arpornwichanop Amornchai Goto Shigeo |
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Affiliation: | (1) Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, 10330 Bangkok, Thailand;(2) Control and Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, 10330 Bangkok, Thailand;(3) Department of Chemical Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa, 464-8603 Nagoya, Japan |
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Abstract: | The synthesis of ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) from a liquid phase reaction between tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) and ethanol (EtOH)
in reactive distillation has been studied.β-Zeolite catalysts with three compositions (Si/Al ratio=13, 36 and 55) were compared by testing the reaction in a semi-batch
reactor. Although they showed almost the same performance, the one with Si/Al ratio of 55 was selected for the kinetic and
reactive distillation studies because it is commercially available and present in a ready-to-use form. The kinetic parameters
of the reaction determined by fitting parameters with the experimental results at temperature in the range of 343–363 K were
used in an ASPEN PLUS simulator. Experimental results of the reactive distillation at a standard condition were used to validate
a rigorous reactive distillation model of the ASPEN PLUS used in a simulation study. The effects of various operating parameters
such as condenser temperature, feed molar flow rate, reflux ratio, heat duty and mole ratio of H2O : EtOH on the reactive distillation performance were then investigated via simulation using the ASPEN PLUS program. The
results were compared between two reactive distillation columns: one packed withβ-zeolite and the other with conventional Amberlyst-15. It was found that the effect of various operating parameters for both
types of catalysts follows the same trend; however, the column packed withΒ-zeolite outperforms that with Amberlyst-15 catalyst due to the higher selectivity of the catalyst. |
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Keywords: | Reactive Distillation ETBE Synthesis β -Zeolite ASPEN PLUS |
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