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Semicontinuous distillation for ethyl lactate production
Author(s) -
Adams Thomas A.,
Seider Warren D.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.11585
Subject(s) - ethyl lactate , distillation , ethanol , continuous distillation , ternary operation , lactic acid , batch distillation , chemistry , process engineering , process (computing) , reactive distillation , chromatography , pulp and paper industry , chemical engineering , fractionating column , organic chemistry , fractional distillation , engineering , catalysis , computer science , operating system , biology , bacteria , genetics , programming language
A novel semicontinuous process for the production of ethyl lactate from ethanol and lactic acid is studied. The process utilizes a middle vessel integrated with a distillation column to perform a ternary separation of the reaction mixture. A pervaporation unit separates ethanol from water. This new form of process intensification is shown to be economically superior to traditional batch and continuous alternatives for a wide range of production rates. © 2008 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2008
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