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Ketone Process Flowsheets & Simulations

Explore 2 validated, solved Ketone simulation flowsheets in MaximaLabs — real components: 2_butanol, methyl_ethyl_ketone, h2, isopropanol, acetone, water. Open any one directly in your browser.

Solved via: PENG-ROBINSON.

FEED
Dehydro
COOL
Flash
H2 Offgas
feed
dist
btms
COL
MEK Product
Butanol Bottoms
Solvents plant, Texas City, Texas, USA

Methyl ethyl ketone from 2-butanol dehydrogenation

Catalytic dehydrogenation of 2-butanol to methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) over an In/MgO catalyst, per DE2831465A1 (1978), followed by a flash to remove the H2 co-product and a distillation splitting MEK from unreacted 2-butanol.

8 unit ops • PENG-ROBINSON

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Dehydro
Scrub Water
liq
gas
gas
rich
ABS
H2 VENT
feed
dist
btms
COL
Acetone Product
Water Bottoms
Solvents plant, Texas City, Texas, USA

Acetone from isopropanol dehydrogenation

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.

8 unit ops • PENG-ROBINSON

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