LIU Dan, AN Ran, AN Weizhong, LIN Zixin, BIE Haiyan. Simulation and optimization of reactive distillation column for ethanolamine production considering different products selectivity[J]. CIESC Journal, 2020, 71(3): 1202-1209
LIU Dan, AN Ran, AN Weizhong, LIN Zixin, BIE Haiyan. Simulation and optimization of reactive distillation column for ethanolamine production considering different products selectivity[J]. CIESC Journal, 2020, 71(3): 1202-1209DOI: 10.11949/0438-1157.20191544.
Simulation and optimization of reactive distillation column for ethanolamine production considering different products selectivity
A reactive distillation (RD) process for the production of ethanolamine from ethylene oxide (EO) and ammonia catalyzed by water was presented. The feasibility and maximum selectivity of different products selectivity in a reactive distillation column were discussed. Aspen Plus software package was used to simulate the process. The effects of operating pressure
water feed flow
molar feed ratio of NH
3
to EO
boilup ratio and EO feed location on the RD column performance were investigated and the optimal operating parameters considering different product selectivities were obtained. The results showed that MEA selectivity could be increased with a larger NH
3
/EO ratio
water feed flow and boil up ratio
while DEA selectivity could be increased with a smaller NH
3
/EO ratio
water feed flow and boil up ratio. Under optimum conditions
the selectivity of MEA and DEA could reach 70.30% and 41.89%
respectively. The studies indicated that the production of ethanolamine by RD had more operational flexibility and obvious advantages compared with the literature methods.
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