Dynamic modelling of simultaneous reaction and distillation in a semibatch reactor system

✍ Scribed by Juha Lehtonen; Tapio Salmi; Tommi Harju; Kirsi Immonen; Erkki Paatero; Per Nyholm

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 488 KB
• Volume: 53
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2509
• DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2509(97)00194-2

✦ Synopsis

A dynamic model for a system containing a semi-batchwise operating reaction vessel connected to a distillation unit was developed. The approach consisted of kinetic equations for the reactions as well as a dynamic model for the distillation unit. As an example reaction, the catalyzed polyesterification of maleic acid with propylene glycol was used. The kinetic and the mass transfer parameters at 170°C were estimated from experimental data. The fit of the model to the data indicated that the approach is suitable for the description of semibatch liquid phase reaction-separation systems. ~,