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Operation and Control of Reactive Distillation for Synthesis of Methyl Formate

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2013.13701A
Jie Yang
School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
Peng Bai
School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
Kun Yin
School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China

Corresponding Author(s) : Peng Bai

yjay007woai@163.com; yj_tju@hotmail.com

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 25 No. 8 (2013): Vol 25 Issue 8

Abstract

Esterification of formic acid and methyl alcohol in reactive distillation column is an effective process for synthesis of methyl formate. Operation and control of reactive distillation for synthesis of methyl formate is studied. First, the thermodynamic properties and reaction kinetics are analyzed, then the comparison of the three operation methods of reactive distillation are studied and at last the operation method with formic acid fed at top column is researched. The results show that it works quite well for this synthesis process.

Keywords

Methyl formate Synthesis Reactive distillation Operation
Yang, J., Bai, P., & Yin, K. (2013). Operation and Control of Reactive Distillation for Synthesis of Methyl Formate. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 25(8), 4177–4182. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2013.13701A
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