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Entrainer Enhanced Reactive Distillation for Production of Butyl Acetate: Experimental Investigation in Pilot-Scale

부틸 아세테이트 생산을 위한 외부 공비제 첨가 반응증류: 파일럿 규모 실험을 통한 연구

  • Yang, Jeongin (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lim, Honggyu (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lim, Sungkyu (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Baek, Gayoung (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Han, Myungwan (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2015.12.03
  • Accepted : 2016.08.17
  • Published : 2016.10.01
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Abstract

Butyl acetate is produced from acetic acid and butanol via an esterification reaction in reactive distillation (RD). The product, butyl acetate, has been used as an internal entrainer until now. In this case, butyl acetate and water are removed at the top of column and separated into two different phases (organic and aqueous phases) after condensation, and butyl acetate rich organic phase is refluxed into the RD. This method makes butyl acetate remain high at the reactive zone, leading to lower equilibrium conversion and product yield. We introduced an extraneous entrainer to solve the problem. The extraneous entrainer forms a new azeotrope with water. The proposed process provides lower concentration of butyl acetate in the reactive zone than conventional RD processes using an internal entrainer. We compared the yield and production rate of butyl acetate between the proposed and conventional processes through pilot-scale experiments. Experimental and simulation results showed that the proposed process was more efficient than conventional process using internal entrainer.

부틸 아세테이트는 반응증류탑에서 초산과 부탄올의 에스테르 교환반응에 의해 제조된다. 기존의 반응증류 공정은 생성물인 부틸 아세테이트가 내부 공비첨가제로 사용되는데, 이 경우 부틸 아세테이트가 물과 함께 탑상으로 제거된 후 상 분리를 거쳐 반응증류탑으로 환류된다. 이는 생성물인 부틸 아세테이트가 반응영역에 많이 분포하게 하여 반응의 평형 전환율이 낮아지고 이에 따라 생성물의 수율이 저하되는 단점이 있다. 이러한 문제를 외부 공비첨가제를 사용하여 해결하였다. 외부 공비첨가제는 물과 새로운 공비를 형성하여 기존 공정에 비해 탑의 반응영역에서 부틸 아세테이트의 농도를 낮게한다. 본 연구에서는 싸이클로헥산을 외부 공비첨가제로 사용하였을 때와 내부 공비첨가제를 사용하였을 때 부틸 아세테이트의 수율과 생성 속도를 실험과 모사를 통하여 비교하였다. 이를 위하여 파일럿 규모의 반응증류탑으로 실험을 진행하였으며, 실험 및 모사 결과를 통하여 외부 공비첨가제를 사용한 공정이 내부 공비첨가제를 사용한 경우보다 같은 에너지에서 보다 높은 부틸 아세테이트 수율을 나타냄을 보였다.

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