Conceptual Design of a Butyl-levulinate Reactive Distillation Process by Incremental Refinement

Andreas Harwardt; Korbinian Kraemer; Bettina Rüngeler; Wolfgang Marquardt

doi:10.1016/S1004-9541(09)60223-8

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Conceptual Design of a Butyl-levulinate Reactive Distillation Process by Incremental Refinement

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- Conceptual Design of a Butyl-levulinate Reactive Distillation Process by Incremental Refinement
- Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering Vol. 19, Issue 3, Pages: 371-379(2011)
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  Aachener Verfahrenstechnik-Process Systems Engineering, RWTH Aachen University,Germany
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- DOI：10.1016/S1004-9541(09)60223-8
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- Published：2011
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Andreas Harwardt, Korbinian Kraemer, Bettina Rüngeler, Wolfgang Marquardt. Conceptual Design of a Butyl-levulinate Reactive Distillation Process by Incremental Refinement[J]. , 2011, 19(3): 371-379.
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Andreas Harwardt, Korbinian Kraemer, Bettina Rüngeler, Wolfgang Marquardt. Conceptual Design of a Butyl-levulinate Reactive Distillation Process by Incremental Refinement[J]. , 2011, 19(3): 371-379. DOI： 10.1016/S1004-9541(09)60223-8.

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Butyl-levulinate has been identified as a promising fuel candidate with high oxygen content. Its combustion in diesel engines yields very low soot and NO

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.

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