Stripping and Rectifying Cascades for Isopropyl Acetate Chemistry
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Consider an equimolar feed composed of acetic acid (AA) and isopropanol (IPA). These two components react in the liquid phase to form water and isopropyl acetate (IPOAc). This esterification reaction is: AA + IPA ⇌ O+IPOAC.
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Contributed by: Housam Binous and Ahmed Bellagi (March 2011)
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[1] R. W. Maier, J. F. Brennecke, and M. Stadtherr, "Reliable Computation of Reactive Azeotropes," Computers and Chemical Engineering, 24(8), 2000 pp. 1851–1858.
For more information, see:
K. Sundmacher and A. Kienle, eds., Reactive Distillation, Status and Future Directions, Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2002.
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