Dynamic Study of the Synthesis of 1,1-Dibutoxyethane in a Fixed-Bed Adsorptive Reactor

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2011

Authors

Graca, NS (Author) Other; Pais, LS (Author) Other; Silva, VMTM (Author) Other; Alírio Rodrigues (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Separation Science and Technology

Vol. 46 No. 13

Pages: 631-640

ISSN: 0149-6395

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Authenticus ID: P-002-ZGM

DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2010.534121

Abstract (EN): The synthesis of 1,1-Dibutoxyethane in a fixed-bed adsorptive reactor using Amberlyst 15 was studied for the first time. The adsorption of non-reactive pairs was investigated experimentally, at 25 degrees C, by frontal chromatography in a fixed-bed adsorber. In order to avoid the immiscibility of the liquid phase, the liquid-liquid equilibrium for the mixture 1-butanol/water was studied. The multicomponent equilibrium adsorption data was assumed to follow the modified Langmuir type isotherm. Reaction experiments of 1,1-Dibutoxyethane production and column regeneration were performed in the fixed-bed adsorptive reactor. This work will enable further developments in chromatographic reactors aiming at the 1,1-Dibutoxyethane process intensification.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10