A development study of methanol acetic acid esterification

Abstract

his paper presents a pilot plant process dcvclopnicnt of a T typical esterification process. ?'he first phase consisted of the design and construction of a small versatile pilot plant system for the study of low pressure, moderate temperature liquid phase organic reactions. The second phase consisted of a specific development study of the esterification reaction of methyl alcohol and acetic acid. Supplerncntary work involved the development of a gas chromatographic analysis for a methyl alcohol, nicthyl acetate, acetic acid, and water system. Design and ConstructionThe basic pieces of equipment were a ten gallon, jacketed, glass-lined reactor, a ten gallon glass-lined receiving or feed tank, three sections of Oldershaw sieve tray column, reflux splitter, feed tray, condenser, and a flexopulse tinier.The equipment diagram (Figure 1) shows the layout and actual position of the pilot plant equipment. The ten gallon feed tank is lined with Pfaudler Glasteel 59 and designed for 150

Model reduction and optimization of reactive batch distillation based on the adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system and differential evolution

“…Reactive batch distillation is a dynamic process with no steady-state operating condition. Many authors have worked on reactive distillation, including esterification of acetic acid with ethanol [1][2][3][4] and with methanol [5,6]. The published research focusing on dynamic simulation of reactive distillation and its optimization is limited [2,[7][8][9][10].…”

Design and synthesis of reactive separation systems

“…Homogeneous, serf-catalyzed reactions such _s esterifications, transesterifications and hydrolysis reactions being the biggest culprits. The advantages of combining reaction with distillation were recognized long ago (Backhaus (1921a(Backhaus ( , 1921b(Backhaus ( , 1921c(Backhaus ( , 1921d(Backhaus ( , 1922a(Backhaus ( , 1922b(Backhaus ( , 1922c(Backhaus ( , 1922d(Backhaus ( , 1922e, 1923a(Backhaus ( , 1923b, Keyes (1932), Carney (1937), McKeon et al (1940), McKeon (1940), Langtin and Randall (1942), Leyes and Othmer (1945), Berman et al (1948), Belck (1955), Corson et al (1956), Hofmann (1958), Schoenemann (1958), Corrigan and Ferris (1969), Saito et al (197i)) but the idea did not manage to capture the imagination of chemical engineers beyond aficionados of the subject. In recent years, however, a growing number of clever and determined engineers have designed and built commercial distillation systems in which chemical reactions are deliberately introduced in order to achieve the process goals.…”