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Removal of acetic acid from water by catalytic distillation. Part 2: Modeling and simulation studies
Author(s) -
Xu Zhanping,
Afacan Artin,
Chuang Karl T.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450770409
Subject(s) - acetic acid , distillation , mass transfer , reactive distillation , catalysis , kinetics , chemistry , chemical engineering , process engineering , process (computing) , multiple effect distillation , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , chromatography , vacuum distillation , engineering , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system
A simulation program has been established by incorporating basic models for reaction kinetics, vapor–liquid equilibrium and mass transfer into Aspen Plus (Aspen Technology Inc., 1996) to simulate the catalytic distillation process for the removal of dilute acetic acid from water. The simulated concentration profiles agree well with those measured under various operating conditions.