Green Fuel Production Using the PermSMBR Technology

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2012

Authors

Carla S.M. Pereira (Author) FEUP; Silva, VMTM (Author) Other; Alírio Rodrigues (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

Vol. 51

Pages: 8928-8938

ISSN: 0888-5885

Publisher: American Chemical Society

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-81Q

DOI: 10.1021/ie201951d

Abstract (EN): The production of the green fuel acetaldehyde dibutylacetal (1,1-dibutoxyethane, DBE) was implemented by means of a new hybrid technology, the Simulated Moving Bed Membrane Reactor (PermSMBR), which consists in a Simulated Moving Bed Reactor (SMBR) integrated with membranes. The PermSMBR and SMBR processes performances were numerically evaluated and compared. The new hybrid technology proved to be a very efficient process for DBE production, leading to a productivity of 70.77 kg(DBE).L-resin(-1).day(-1) with a desorbent consumption of 0.33 Ln-Butanol/kg(DBE), which corresponds to a productivity enhancement of 31% and a desorbent consumption reduction of 88% when compared with the SMBR technology.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 11