JIN Hao, LU Jiawei, TANG Jihai, et al. Simulation and analysis of a side stream reactive distillation-pervaporation integrated process for ethyl acetate production[J]. CIESC Journal, 2018, (8): 3469-3478.
DOI:
JIN Hao, LU Jiawei, TANG Jihai, et al. Simulation and analysis of a side stream reactive distillation-pervaporation integrated process for ethyl acetate production[J]. CIESC Journal, 2018, (8): 3469-3478.DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20180154.
Simulation and analysis of a side stream reactive distillation-pervaporation integrated process for ethyl acetate production
Due to the complicated process and huge energy consumption of ethyl acetate production via esterification of acetic acid and ethanol
a reactive distillation and pervaporation integrated process was proposed. The byproduct water was removed from the system through the side stream of the column and membrane modules
which promoted the forward reaction and improved the purity of ethyl acetate. The effect of the process parameters on total annual cost was investigated. The parameters included side stream drawn stage
side stream flowrate ratio
reactive stages
rectifying stages and number of membrane modules. Compared with conventional double-column process
the proposed RD-PV integrated process saved 26.6% energy. Through the investigation
it was found that the price of membrane material had significant effect on the total annual cost of RD-PV integrated process. With the development of pervaporation technology
the RD-PV process would appear economically competitive
when the price of membrane material is lower than 1913 CNY·m-2.