Simulation of acetone-water explosion in hydrothermal extraction reactor

• Main Authors: Mohamed Yusoff, Hamdan, Lau, Kia Li, Izhar, Shamsul, Md Said, Mohamad Syazarudin
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103201/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X21007942

This work investigates possible factors that lead to acetone-water explosion in a hydrothermal extraction reactor that happened in our laboratory. To begin with, acetone-water reactivity was checked in CAMEO. Next, pressure build-up curves at varying operating conditions were simulated in Aspen Batc...