Reactive distillation Process Flowsheets & Simulations
Explore 4 validated, solved Reactive distillation simulation flowsheets in MaximaLabs — real components: methanol, dimethyl_ether, water, 2_methyl_1_butene, tame, n_pentane. Open any one directly in your browser.
Solved via: PENG-ROBINSON, NRTL.
DME synthesis via reactive distillation
Methanol dehydrates to dimethyl ether over the reactive stages of a column — reaction and separation in one shell, pulling DME overhead while unconverted methanol and water leave the bottoms (Peng-Robinson EoS avoids the missing UNIFAC group-decomposition for ethers that blocks this under an activity-coefficient package).
4 unit ops • PENG-ROBINSON
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View & openTAME synthesis via reactive distillation
Tert-Amyl Methyl Ether (TAME) is etherified from a cracked C5 cut's reactive isoamylenes (2-methyl-1-butene / 2-methyl-2-butene) and methanol over the reactive stages of a column, pulling unreacted light C5s overhead while methanol-free TAME leaves the bottoms — reaction and separation in one shell, the same reactive-distillation pattern as the DME etherification example. Luyben, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2005, 44, 5715.
5 unit ops • PENG-ROBINSON
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View & openMethyl acetate esterification via reactive distillation
Acetic acid and methanol esterify over the reactive stages of a column into methyl acetate and water — a genuine quadruple-azeotrope system where reactive distillation intensifies what would otherwise need several conventional columns. Reactive Distillation Design and Control, Luyben & Yu, Wiley (2006), pp. 147-164.
5 unit ops • NRTL
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View & openButyl acetate synthesis via reactive distillation
Methyl acetate transesterifies with n-butanol over the reactive stages of a column into butyl acetate (a common paint/coatings solvent) and methanol, which is pulled overhead as it forms while high-boiling butyl acetate collects in the bottoms. Luyben et al., Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2011, 50, 1247.
5 unit ops • PENG-ROBINSON
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