Comment on “Conceptual design of single-feed hybrid reactive distillation columns”, by R.M. Dragomir and M. Jobson, Chemical Engineering Science 60 (2005) 4377–4395

2012 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 289-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Keller ◽  
Hanns Kuhlmann ◽  
Andrzej Górak
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Design ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Reactive Distillation ◽  
Engineering Science ◽  
Distillation Columns

Optimisation of the conceptual design of reactive distillation columns

2000 ◽  
Vol 55 (11) ◽  
pp. 2089-2097 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanne Melles ◽  
Johan Grievink ◽  
Stany M. Schrans
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Design ◽  
Reactive Distillation ◽  
Distillation Columns

scholarly journals Novel Hybrid Reactive Distillation with Extraction and Distillation Processes for Furfural Production from an Actual Xylose Solution

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1152
Author(s):  
Le Cao Nhien ◽  
Nguyen Van Duc Long ◽  
Moonyong Lee
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Reactive Distillation ◽  
Process Efficiency ◽  
Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor ◽  
Butyl Chloride ◽  
Distillation Columns ◽  
Reactive Liquid ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industries ◽  
Furfural Production

Furfural is only derived from lignocellulosic biomass and is an important chemical used in the plastics, agrochemical, and pharmaceutical industries. The existing industrial furfural production process, involving reaction and purification steps, suffers from a low yield and intensive energy use. Hence, major improvements are needed to sustainably upgrade the furfural production process. In this study, the conventional furfural process based on a continuous stirred tank reactor and distillation columns was designed and optimized from an actual aqueous xylose solution via a biomass pretreatment step. Subsequently, a reactive distillation (RD) and extraction/distillation (ED) configuration was proposed for the reaction and purification steps, respectively, to improve the process efficiency. RD can remove furfural instantly from the reactive liquid phase and can separate heavy components from the raw furfural stream, while the ED configuration with toluene and butyl chloride used as extracting solvents can effectively separate furfural from a dilute aqueous stream. The results showed that the hybrid RD-ED process using a butyl chloride solvent saves up to 51.8% and 57.4% of the total investment costs and total annual costs, respectively, compared to the conventional process. Furthermore, environmental impacts were evaluated and compared for all structural alternatives.

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