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FRONTIERS OF CHEMICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages 643-659Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11705-018-1760-5
Keywords
batch distillation; heteroazeotropic distillation; operational policies; off-cut recycle; entrainer
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- Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) [K-120083]
- BME-Biotechnology FIKP grant of EMMI (BME FIKP-BIO)
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Dehydration of isopropanol applying batch heteroazeotropic distillation with toluene as entrainer (E) is investigated. The composition of the feed is near to that of the isopropanol (A)-water (B) azeotrope. The effects of recycling the entrainer and the off-cut are studied by dynamic simulation with a professional flow-sheet simulator. Three consecutive batches (one production cycle) is studied. Both operational modes (Mode I: decantation after distillation and Mode II: decantation during distillation) are simulated. For Mode II, calculations are performed both for Strategy A (distillate from the aqueous (E-lean) phase only) and Strategy B (partial withdrawal of the organic (Erich phase), as well). The E-rich phase, the final column hold-up and the off-cut (Mode II only) are recycled to the next batch. The influence of the following parameters are determined: quantity of entrainer, reflux ratios of the steps. The variations caused by the recycling in the 2(nd) and 3(rd) batches are also shown. The best results (lowest specific energy demand and highest recovery of A) are obtained by Mode II, Strategy A. Recycling increases the recovery, and drastically diminishes the entrainer consumption. However, it makes the production slower and decreases the quantity of fresh feed that can be processed.
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