Improving Chemical Production Processes by Selective By-Product Removal in a Pervaporation Membrane Reactor

Autor:	Stuart Nemser, Sudipto Majumdar, Fan Zhang, Praveen Kosaraju, Mary E. Rezac
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Ethanol Membrane reactor Chemistry Process Chemistry and Technology General Chemical Engineering Filtration and Separation General Chemistry Transesterification Methyl benzoate chemistry.chemical_compound Oleic acid Yield (chemistry) Organic chemistry Ethyl oleate Pervaporation
Zdroj:	Separation Science and Technology. 49:1289-1297
ISSN:	1520-5754 0149-6395
Popis:	Esters have applications as flavoring agents, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. Esterification and transesterification are convenient means to synthesize esters. Frequently, a large excess of one of the reactants is mandatory to obtain good yields for these equilibrium driven reactions. Selective removal of the reaction by-product allows for an increased yield. In this paper, the esterification of oleic acid with ethanol and the transesterification of methyl benzoate with n-butanol were studied in pervaporation membrane reactors equipped with perfluorinated composite membranes. A 95% yield of ethyl oleate was reached within 60 hours and the conversion of methyl benzoate increased from 52% to 77%.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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