DOI: https://doi.org/10.9767/bcrec.17.4.15928.811-820

Manufacture of n-Propyl Propionate Using Ion Exchange Resins: Reaction Kinetics and Feasibility of Reactive Distillation

Department of Chemical Engineering, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere, Maharashtra 402103, India

Received: 22 Sep 2022; Revised: 18 Nov 2022; Accepted: 25 Nov 2022; Available online: 5 Dec 2022; Published: 30 Dec 2022.
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Reaction kinetics of esterification of propionic acid with 1-propanol to produce n-propyl propionate using Amberlyst-15 as a catalyst was investigated in this work. Effect of various parameters was studied. Initially, the efficacy of different catalysts was investigated which revealed that Amberlyst-15 can be suitably used for the reaction. This was followed by mass transfer exclusion which included effect of agitation speed, catalyst size and calculation of Weisz-Prater Criterion. Parameters selected for kinetic study were mole ratio of propionic acid to 1-propanol, temperature, catalyst loading and initial water concentration. Catalyst reusability was also verified. Aspen      Custom Modeler (ACM) was used to regress kinetic parameters and a good match was obtained. Reactive Distillation (RD) runs in the batch mode were performed which showed that RD is a better option for process intensification (PI) for this reaction. Copyright © 2022 by Authors, Published by BCREC Group. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

 

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Keywords: Ion exchange resins; Intrinsic kinetics; Effect of parameters; Effect of parameters; Regression; Feasibility of Reactive Distillation

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