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Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.43, 93-105, November, 2016
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2016.07.052  Export Citation
Optimal design and performance analyses of the glycerol ether production process using a reactive distillation column
Lida Simasatitkul, Punjawat Kaewwisetkul1, Wisitsree Wiyaratn2, Suttichai Assabumrungrat3, and Amornchai Arpornwichanop1, †
  • Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Science, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok 10800, Thailand
  • 1Computational Process Engineering Research Unit, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
  • 2Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand
  • 3Center of Excellence in Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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The use of glycerol from biodiesel industries to produce high value-added products would increase the competitive potential of biodiesel producers. The present work investigates the production of glycerol ethers, a diesel and biodiesel additive. A single reactive distillation is proposed to overcome the low glycerol conversion and product yield that limit a conventional process. The theoretical performance of the reactive distillation is analyzed taking glycerol conversion and the glycerol ether yield into consideration. The simulation results show that the glycerol and mono-tert-butyl ether of glycerol are completely used in the reactive stages and thus, the recycle section by which glycerol and the mono-tertbutyl ether of glycerol are recovered is unessential. The parametric analysis for the reactive distillation is reported. Based on the process economic analysis from a total annual cost, the optimal reactive distillation configuration for glycerol ether production consists of two rectifying stages, eight reactive stages and one stripping stage.
Keywords:Reactive distillation;Glycerol ether;Design;Parametric analysis;Total annual cost
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