Optimization and Recovery of a Pressure Swing Adsorption Process for the Purification and Production of Bioethanol

Autor: Adolfo Rafael López Núñez, Jesse Y. Rumbo Morales, Alexis U. Salas Villalobos, Javier De La Cruz-Soto, Gerardo Ortiz Torres, Julio C. Rodríguez Cerda, Manuela Calixto-Rodriguez, Jorge A. Brizuela Mendoza, Yehoshua Aguilar Molina, Omar Alí Zatarain Durán, Alan F. Pérez Vidal
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Fermentation, Vol 8, Iss 7, p 293 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2311-5637
DOI: 10.3390/fermentation8070293
Popis: Today, there are new technologies to produce bioethanol: one of them is the Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) process. This process has displaced other separation technologies due to the use of natural adsorbents and its methodology to obtain high purities with a lower energy cost. The aim of this work focuses on the optimization of the PSA process (experimental case) to obtain a higher recovery and production of bioethanol using lower energy consumption. The results are favorable since the energy cost is reduced to a range of 60% and 62%, obtaining purities above 99% wt of ethanol and recovery between 75% and 77.41%. The bioethanol produced and purified in the different scenarios meets international standards to be used as a fuel or oxygenating additive.
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