Residue curves map analysis for tert-amyl methyl ether synthesis by reactive distillation in kinetically controlled conditions with energy-saving evaluation

A fixed point methodology for the design of reactive distillation columns

“…In recent years, scientists pay attention to the research of TAME production system. The energy consumption of TAME production system is researched by Plesu et al (2008), Gao et al (2014). Therefore, it is very necessary to discuss the design of the reactive distillation column of TAME synthesis.…”

Simulation and process integration for tert-amyl-methyl ether (TAME) synthesis

“…They also demonstrated the possibility of R-HIDiC column to operate at different pressures between the rectifying and stripping sections, which permits to overcome separation limitations resulting from the presence of azeotropes. Plesu et al (2008) applied the ∞/∞ analysis to evaluate new alternatives for TAME synthesis and to propose energy-efficient alternatives by process integration, such as the kinetically controlled reactive distillation including hybrid systems. Energy savings obtained by using reactive distillation are evaluated comparing with the traditional system consisting of reactor and distillation columns.…”

Design Study of the Control of a Reactive Thermally Coupled Distillation Sequence for the Esterification of Fatty Organic Acids

“…For example, in a chemical plant, the energy requirement in a separation process such as distillation can be up to 40% of total consumption. As a result, researchers in the field of distillation are developing new configurations that can be capable of reducing both energy requirements and carbon dioxide emissions (Mascia et al, 2007;Rong and Turunen, 2006;Plesu et al, 2008;Malinen and Tanskanen, 2007).…”