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Multiple Steady States in a Reactive Distillation Column for the Production of the Fuel Ether TAME I. Theoretical Analysis
Author(s) -
Mohl KlausDieter,
Kienle Achim,
Gilles ErnstDieter
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4125(199802)21:2<133::aid-ceat133>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - reactive distillation , distillation , chemistry , ether , production (economics) , fractionating column , column (typography) , organic chemistry , engineering , mechanical engineering , connection (principal bundle) , economics , macroeconomics
For various reaction systems the integration of the reaction and separation in one unit is an interesting alternative to sequential operation in reactors and distillation columns. This applies, for instance, to equilibrium reactions, such as the production of methyl tertiary‐butyl ether (MTBE) and tertiary‐amyl methyl ether (TAME), allowing higher conversions in a reactive distillation column.