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Pervaporation‐Assisted Esterification of Caproic Acid with Isobutanol in Conventional, In Situ, and Ex Situ Reactors
Author(s) -
Chandane Vishal S.,
Rathod Ajit P.,
Wasewar Kailas L.
Publication year - 2019
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/ceat.201800506
Subject(s) - pervaporation , caproic acid , isobutanol , chemistry , membrane , in situ , chemical engineering , membrane reactor , mass transfer , selectivity , flux (metallurgy) , chromatography , organic chemistry , catalysis , permeation , ethanol , biochemistry , engineering
The factors that affect the pervaporation‐assisted esterification of caproic acid and isobutanol have been investigated in a batch reactor and compared with two different pervaporation reactors, in situ and ex situ reactors, with different configurations. The operating process parameters of the pervaporation modules can be adjusted to optimize the performance, which improves the conversion of reactants and reduces the operating costs. The performances of the reactors have been extensively studied and the membrane selectivity has been investigated in terms of the flux of individual reaction species. The mass transfer limitation of both pervaporation reactors was studied and suitably eliminated. In addition, the performance of the pervaporation reactors was investigated by evaluating the ratio of water removal rate to the water production rate.