Optimizing the Synthesis of Ethyl tert-Butyl Ether in Continuous Catalytic Distillation Column Using New Ion Exchange Resin Catalyst

Muhammad Umar; Yahia Abubakar Al-Hamed; Abdulraheem Al-Zahrani; Hisham Saeed Bamufleh

doi:10.1016/S1004-9541(13)60616-3

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Optimizing the Synthesis of Ethyl tert-Butyl Ether in Continuous Catalytic Distillation Column Using New Ion Exchange Resin Catalyst

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- Optimizing the Synthesis of Ethyl tert-Butyl Ether in Continuous Catalytic Distillation Column Using New Ion Exchange Resin Catalyst
- Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering Vol. 21, Issue 10, Pages: 1121-11281004-954160616-3(2013)
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  Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah 80204, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- DOI：10.1016/S1004-9541(13)60616-3
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- Published：2013
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-Butyl Ether in Continuous Catalytic Distillation Column Using New Ion Exchange Resin Catalyst[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2013, 21(10): 1121-1128.
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-Butyl Ether in Continuous Catalytic Distillation Column Using New Ion Exchange Resin Catalyst[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2013, 21(10): 1121-1128. DOI： 10.1016/S1004-9541(13)60616-3.

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Liquid phase synthesis of one of the important fuel oxygenate

ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE)

from ethanol and tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) has been studied in catalytic distillation column (CDC) using ion exchange resin catalyst CT-145H. A packed CDC of 1.2 m height and 50 mm diameter with indigenously developed reactive section packing was used to generate experimental data. Effect of different key variables on product purity in distillate

was investigated to find the optimum operating conditions for ETBE synthesis. The optimum conditions for 0.2 kg·s

-1

of ethanol feed were found: reboiler duty of 375 W

molar feed ratio of 1:1.3 of reactants

and reflux ratio of 7. Concentration profiles for each component along each column section at optimum conditions were also drawn. Neither output nor input multiplicity was observed at experimental conditions.

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