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Acetone from isopropanol dehydrogenation

DehydrogenationKetoneAbsorptionSolvent production
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Endothermic gas-phase dehydrogenation of isopropanol (IPA) to acetone, after Luyben (Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2011, 50, 1206). The H2-rich reactor off-gas is scrubbed with water to recover the acetone before venting, then a column splits acetone from the water/unreacted-IPA absorbent.

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FEED
Dehydro
Scrub Water
liq
gas
gas
rich
ABS
H2 VENT
feed
dist
btms
COL
Acetone Product
Water Bottoms

The stream table

Every stream's flow, temperature, pressure, and composition — real converged numbers, not placeholders.

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