Simulation Process for Allyl Alcohol Production via Deoxydehydration of Glycerol

Autor: Ghadir Assaad, Karen Silva Vargas, Benjamin Katryniok, Marcia Araque
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: ChemEngineering, Vol 8, Iss 1, p 10 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2305-7084
DOI: 10.3390/chemengineering8010010
Popis: A process for the deoxydehydration (DODH) of glycerol to allyl alcohol in 2-hexanol as solvent was modelled with Aspen Plus. Experimental results for the DODH reaction, the liquid vapour equilibria and the catalytic hydrogenation were employed for the development of the model. The whole process consists of four subsystems: allyl alcohol production (S1), solvent recovery (S2), allyl alcohol purification (S3) and solvent regeneration (S4). Based on the results of the process model, allyl alcohol with 96% yield and a purity of 99.99% with product loss of only 0.2% was obtained. The optimisation of the energy consumption through an integrated heat exchange network resulted in a net primary energy input of 863.5 kW, which corresponded to a carbon footprint of 1.89 kgCO2/kgAllylOH.
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