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Study of a continuous separation process for 2‐furyl oxirane
Author(s) -
Uhlemann Jens,
Borredon Elisabeth,
le Lann MarieVéronique,
Casamatta Gilbert
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of chemical technology and biotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1097-4660
pISSN - 0268-2575
DOI - 10.1002/jctb.280560406
Subject(s) - filtration (mathematics) , distillation , bromide , process (computing) , extraction (chemistry) , chemistry , separation process , solvent , process development , solvent extraction , process engineering , chromatography , organic chemistry , computer science , mathematics , engineering , statistics , operating system
The present work is a study on a continuous separation process for 2‐furyl oxirane from its reaction medium which is a quaternary mixture. Continuous process flowsheeting has been used in order to compare two different separation processes which are based upon solvent extraction and heteroazeotropic distillation. The improved production process totals five unit operations: synthesis of 2‐furyl oxirane; filtration of the reaction medium; heteroazeotropic distillation; synthesis of trimethylsulphonium bromide; and filtration of trimethylsulphonium bromide.