期刊
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
卷 323, 期 -, 页码 434-443出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.04.020
关键词
Catalytically active membrane; Mass transfer resistance; Immersion phase inversion; Membrane reactor; Esterification
资金
- Research Project of Chinese Ministry [113012A]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21076012, 21276011]
A better conversion enhancement of esterification between acetic acid and n-butanol was achieved in a catalytically active membrane reactor (pCAMR) when compared to that in a traditional inert membrane reactor (IMR). This enhancement was attributed to a novel composite catalytically active membrane in which a highly porous catalytic layer was introduced. SEM images showed that the membrane consisted of three layers: the top layer was a highly porous catalytic layer with massive macrovoids and spongelike pores, the middle layer was a dense polyvinyl alcohol selective layer, and the bottom layer was a porous polyethersulfone support layer. The preparation of a highly porous catalytic layer instead of a dense one in the composite membrane greatly decreased the overall mass transfer resistance of the reactor from 6.7 x 10(5) to 5.6 x 10(5) sim, a value which is even comparable to that of IMR (5.1 x 10(5) s/m) where the additional catalytic layer was absent. The effects of operational parameters on the esterification-pervaporation coupling performance in pCAMR were systematically evaluated. Through a reasonable match between reaction rate and water removal rate, a genuine in-situ water removal at a molecular lever was realized. For comparison, coupling performances in an IMR and a catalytically active membrane reactor with a dense composite membrane (dCAMR) were also investigated. Results showed that the coupling performance in pCAMR outperformed both IMR and dCAMR due to a combination of much lower overall mass transfer resistance and higher mass transfer driving force for water removal in pCAMR. After 45 h at 85 degrees C, the acid conversion in pCAMR reached almost completion, an approximately 43% of conversion enhancement was achieved when compared to equilibrium conversion. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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