Simulation Study on Operations Aspects of a Reactive Distillation Column for Production ofEthyl Acetate Using ASPEN PLUS™ and ASPEN DYNAMIC™

• Main Author: Ping, Ir. Yee Sew
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/14476/1/2007%20-%20Simulation%20Study%20on%20Operations%20Aspects%20of%20a%20Reactive%20Distillation%20Column%20for%20Production%20of.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/14476/

Ethyl acetate is a widely used organic compound in manufacturing of printing inks, paints, coatings, perfume, film, food additives, pharmaceutical and others due to its low boiling point. There were numerous research carried out in different areas related with ethyl acetate production. In recent years, due to the increasing trend in ethyl acetate demand, reactive distillation that combined reaction process and distillation process technique has been used for ethyl acetate production studies. However, most of the researchers focus on column configuration and control of the column. There are limited studies being carried out on starting up a reactive distillation column in dynamic simulation.