23rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering

Reactive distillation for production of n-butyl acrylate from bio-based raw materials

Alexander Niesbach, Philip Lutze and Andrzej Górak,    Laboratory of Fluid Separations, TU Dortmund University, Germany

Abstract

Due to the scarcity of oil in the future, alternative resources and production pathways for the production of chemicals need to be identified. To allow for an economic production of these chemicals, the use of innovative equipment and methods has to be investigated to intensify the processes. Reaction distillation integrates separation by distillation and reaction into one unit and is already known to be a promising concept to improve process performance, leading to more sustainable processes. However, the design of reactive distillation ...