Conceptual design of water separation process in glycerol-based acrylic acid production

Song, Daesung; Yang, Jae-Hyeon; Lee, Chul‐Jin

doi:10.1016/j.cherd.2020.01.036

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“…The CO gas has a higher heating value (HHV) of 4.368 MJ/kg [53]. Since it is not possible to separate AA from water via conventional distillation because of the formation of a minimum boiling azeotrope [54], an extractive distillation approach is employed [55]. Several organic solvents have been reported in the literature for AA extraction from an aqueous solution.…”

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Waste Apple Pomace Conversion to Acrylic Acid: Economic and Potential Environmental Impact Assessments

et al. 2022

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The global demand for acrylic acid (AA) is increasing due to its wide range of applications. Due to this growing demand, alternative AA production strategies must be explored to avoid the exacerbation of prevailing climate and global warming issues since current AA production strategies involve fossil resources. Investigations regarding alternative strategies for AA production therefore constitute an important research interest. The present study assesses waste apple pomace (WAP) as a feedstock for sustainable AA production. To undertake this assessment, process models based on two production pathways were designed, modelled and simulated in ASPEN plus® software. The two competing production pathways investigated included a process incorporating WAP conversion to lactic acid (LA) prior to LA dehydration to generate AA (denoted as the fermentation–dehydration, i.e., FD, pathway) and another process involving WAP conversion to propylene prior to propylene oxidation to generate AA (denoted as the thermochemical–fermentation–oxidation, i.e., TFO, pathway). Economic performance and potential environmental impact of the FD and TFO pathways were assessed using the metrics of minimum selling price (MSP) and potential environmental impacts per h (PEI/h). The study showed that the FD pathway presented an improved economic performance (MSP of AA: USD 1.17 per kg) compared to the economic performance (MSP of AA: USD 1.56 per kg) of the TFO pathway. Crucially, the TFO process was determined to present an improved environmental performance (2.07 kPEI/h) compared to the environmental performance of the FD process (8.72 kPEI/h). These observations suggested that the selection of the preferred AA production pathway or process will require a tradeoff between economic and environmental performance measures via the integration of a multicriteria decision assessment in future work.

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“…The CO gas has a higher heating value (HHV) of 4.368 MJ/kg[55]. Since it is not possible to separate AA from water via conventional distillation or rectification because of the formation of a minimum boiling azeotrope [56], an extractive distillation approach is employed [57]. Several organic solvents have been reported in the literature for AA extraction from an aqueous solution.…”

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“…Several organic solvents have been reported in the literature for AA extraction from an aqueous solution. These solvents include diisopropyl ether, isopropylacetate, methylisobutyl ketone and toluene [57]. Song et al, [57] however recommended toluene as the preferred solvent for the extraction when the combined effects of extraction capacity and solvent cost are considered.…”

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“…These solvents include diisopropyl ether, isopropylacetate, methylisobutyl ketone and toluene [57]. Song et al, [57] however recommended toluene as the preferred solvent for the extraction when the combined effects of extraction capacity and solvent cost are considered. In the present simulation, toluene is therefore employed to facilitate AA extraction.…”

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“…In the present simulation, toluene is therefore employed to facilitate AA extraction. In this approach the stream exiting the dehydration reactor is rapidly cooled to 25 o C using a quencher to reduce the risk of polymerization of AA, after which the mixture is fed to a liquid-liquid extractor, with toluene as the solvent to facilitate the separation of aqueous components from AA [57]. The toluene-AA steam is then distilled to facilitate solvent recovery with associated AA generated as the bottom stream [56].…”

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A review on bi/multifunctional catalytic oxydehydration of bioglycerol to acrylic acid: Catalyst type, kinetics, and reaction mechanism

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Conceptual design of water separation process in glycerol-based acrylic acid production

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A review on bi/multifunctional catalytic oxydehydration of bioglycerol to acrylic acid: Catalyst type, kinetics, and reaction mechanism

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