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Reactors, Kinetics, and Catalysis
The conceptual design of a continuous pervaporation membrane reactor for the production of 1,1-diethoxy butane
Article first published online: 22 JUN 2011
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12692
Copyright © 2011 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
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Agirre, I., Güemez, M. B., Motelica, A., van Veen, H. M., Vente, J. F. and Arias, P. L. (2012), The conceptual design of a continuous pervaporation membrane reactor for the production of 1,1-diethoxy butane. AIChE J., 58: 1862–1868. doi: 10.1002/aic.12692
Publication History
- Issue published online: 4 MAY 2012
- Article first published online: 22 JUN 2011
- Accepted manuscript online: 24 MAY 2011 12:33PM EST
- Manuscript Revised: 19 MAY 2011
- Manuscript Received: 17 MAR 2011
Funded by
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. Grant Number: ENE2009-12743-C04-04
- Basque Government and the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
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Keywords:
- acetals;
- membrane reactor design;
- modeling;
- fuel additive;
- HybSi®
Abstract
Acetals are considered as an important bio-based diesel additives. Generally, the catalytic production of these compounds from an alcohol and an aldehyde suffers from a low conversion because of thermodynamic limitations. These limitations can be overcome through the in situ removal of the by-product water using, for example, a water selective membrane. A critical evaluation on the membrane performance, catalyst activity, optimal configuration, and feed composition leads to the conclusion that a combined reaction and separation is unlikely to be advantageous. The water permeance of the selected membrane was assessed to be too low in relation with the catalyst activity. © 2011 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 58: 1862–1868, 2012