Reaction Kinetics of Tert-Butanol Esterification

Autor: Ali Raad Mohammed Jawad, Fadhil Abbas Hummadi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Journal of Engineering, Vol 20, Iss 12 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1726-4073
2520-3339
DOI: 10.31026/j.eng.2014.12.05
Popis: In this study, the kinetics for the reaction of tert-butanol esterification with acetic acid in the presence of Dowex 50Wx8 catalyst was investigated. The reaction kinetic experiments were conducted in 1000 milliliter vessel at temperatures ranged from 50 - 80 oC, catalyst loading 25-50 g/L, and the molar ratios of acetic acid to tert-butanol from 1/3 – 3/1. The reaction rate was found to increase with increasing temperature and catalyst loading. It was also found the conversion of the tert-butanol increases as the molar ratio of acid to alcohol increases from 1/3 – 3/1. The Non-ideality of the liquid phase was taken into account by using activities instead of molar fractions. The activity coefficients were calculated according to the group contribution UNIFAC method. The results show that the activation energy of tert-butanol esterification with acetic acid was found to be 1.09 kJ/mol.
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