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Bioenergy II: The Development of a Reactive Distillation Process for the Production of 1,1 Diethoxy Butane from Bioalcohol: Kinetic Study and Simulation Model
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Simulation ModelChemical EngineeringBiomass ConversionEngineeringBioenergyIndustrial ChemistryReaction EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringBiorefinery ProductAmberlyst Cation-exchange ResinsDiethoxy ButaneReactive DistillationCatalysisChemistryFuel ProductionChemical KineticsReactive Distillation ProcessBioenergy Ii
1,1 Diethoxy butane was produced carrying out the reaction between ethanol and butanal in a batch stirred reactor using Amberlyst cation-exchange resins as catalyst. The kinetics of this reaction was studied working at different temperatures, feed compositions and catalyst type and loadings. Due to thermodynamic limitations, maximum conversions are quite low for kinetically acceptable temperatures. That is why the kinetic information gathered has been used to develop a model for reactive distillation, which has predicted promising results.