Esterification of Acetic Acid with Methanol and Simultaneous Product Isolation by Liquid-Liquid Extraction in a Taylor-Couette Disc Contactor

Georg Rudelstorfer*, Maximilian Neubauer, Matthäus Siebenhofer, Susanne Lux, Annika Grafschafter

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Abstract

Isolation of carboxylic acids from dilute aqueous effluents can be achieved by the combination of liquid-phase catalyzed reaction with liquid-liquid extraction. Exemplarily the heterogeneously catalyzed esterification of acetic acid with methanol, accelerated with a cation-exchange resin and simultaneous transfer of the product methyl acetate into the solvent ShellSol T, was successfully performed in a Taylor-Couette disc contactor (TCDC) in batch operation mode. Stable three-phase flow (liquid-liquid-solid) was confirmed in lab scale. The conversion of acetic acid in a TCDC operated in batch mode compares well with conversion in a batch reactor.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)671-680
Number of pages10
JournalChemie - Ingenieur - Technik
Volume94
Issue number5
Early online date2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2022

Keywords

  • Esterification
  • Heterogeneous catalyst
  • In-situ extraction
  • Liquid-liquid extraction
  • Multiphase flow

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Chemical Engineering(all)
  • Chemistry(all)
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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