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Reaction Kinetics and Reactive Distillation – On the Transfer of Kinetic Data from a Batch Reactor to a Trickle‐bed Reactor
Author(s) -
Pöpken Tim,
Geisler Robert,
Götze Lars,
Brehm Axel,
Moritz Peter,
Gmehling Jürgen
Publication year - 1999
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(199905)22:5<401::aid-ceat401>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - reactive distillation , chemistry , trickle bed reactor , kinetics , batch reactor , distillation , ion exchange resin , methanol , hydrolysis , chemical kinetics , catalysis , methyl acetate , acetic acid , chemical engineering , chromatography , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
The design of reactive distillation processes requires besides the knowledge of phase equilibrium data reliable kinetic data. This paper presents the results of kinetic measurements of acetic acid esterification with methanol together with results for the backward reaction, the hydrolysis of methyl acetate, both catalyzed by the macroreticular, strongly acidic ion‐exchange resin Amberlyst 15. Microkinetic parameters are determined from batch experiments in a thermostated stirred tank reactor. The applicability of the derived kinetics is checked against experimental results obtained in a trickle‐bed reactor.