Butyl acetate energy storage

Are butyl acetate production processes sustainable?

As previously discussed, to the best of our knowledge, most studies regarding butyl acetate production processes have only been carried out in terms of process design and economics. Nevertheless, with regard to environmental sustainability, only two works have come to our attention.

Can reactive distillation be used to produce butyl acetate?

Several studies in the literature investigated the utilization of reactive distillation for the production of butyl acetate [2, 8, 23, 24]. The RD technology can be utilized in a conventional multi-unit process to reduce energy and capital costs by five times .

Can a membrane reactor produce butyl acetate?

A novel process based on a membrane reactor was designed for butyl acetate production. The membrane reactor was modeled and validated with the experimental data, and a good agreement was found. The MR-based process was developed and designed for an annual capacity of 92,500 metric tons of BuAc.

Can n-butyl acetate be produced by transesterification?

Several reactive hybrid distillation configurations are demonstrated for the n-butyl acetate production via transesterification with two blending reactive feeds, namely MM20 (70 wt% methanol, 30 wt% methyl acetate) and MM80 (35 mol% methanol, 65 mol% methyl acetate).

What is the conventional process for butyl acetate synthesis?

The conventional process for butyl acetate synthesis was studied by Shen et al., and a continuous stirred-tank reactor (CSTR) and three distillation columns were utilized for the process configuration . The downside of the conventional process is that the esterification reaction is limited by the thermodynamic equilibrium.

Are butyl acetate processes hazardous?

For the CTF indicator, the best and worst values are 0 and 10 7 m 3 /kg, respectively. In this regard, we can infer that the butyl acetate processes are fairly non-hazardous. 5.4. Eco-efficiency comparison Since single metrics are not sufficient to establish a well-founded comparison, a joint evaluation of the indicators was required.