Improvement of 1,3-Butadiene Separation in 2,3-Butanediol Dehydration Using Extractive Distillation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
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- Provides steady-state simulation results for conventional and extractive distillation processes for the recovery of 1,3-BD from bio-fermentation products.
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- Calculates an advantageous price of 1,3-BD for the selection of the extractive distillation.
2. Theoretical Background
The 2,3-Butanediol (2,3-BDO) Dehydration Process
3. Process Design
3.1. The Thermodynamic Property Model
3.2. The Conventional Distillation Process
3.3. The Extractive Distillation Process
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Column Specifications and Performance
4.2. Economic Assessment
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- The plant is located on the west coast of the USA.
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- The plant operates for 8000 h annually.
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- The plant is constructed using stainless steel (SS304 or SS316) because 1,3-BD is corrosive to carbon steel.
4.3. Economic Feasibility with a Changing 1,3-BD Price
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Nomenclature
1,3-BD | 1,3-Butadiene |
2,3-BDO | 2,3-Butanediol |
DMF | Dimethylformamide |
ED-BD | 1,3-BD product stream of the extractive distillation process |
ISBL | Inside battery limits |
NMP | N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone |
NRTL | Non-random two-liquid model |
NRTL-RK | Non-random two-liquid Redlich–Kwong model |
OSBL | Outside battery limits |
D-BD | 1,3-BD product stream of the distillation process |
UNIFAC | UNIQUAC functional group activity coefficient |
UNIQUAC | Universal quasi-chemical model |
VLE | Vapor-liquid equilibrium |
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Conventional Distillation Process | Extractive Distillation Process | |||||
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Column | Name | Number of stages | Heat duty (MW) | Name | Number of stages | Heat duty (MW) |
1st distillation column | 80 | 2.51 | Extractive distillation column | 36 | 1.43 | |
2nd distillation column | 56 | 1.08 | Stripper | 15 | 1.05 | |
- | - | - | NMP recovery column | 5 | 0.675 | |
- | - | - | BD recovery column | 15 | 0.0165 | |
Compressor | None | Electricity [kW] | 51.3 |
Stream | BD-FEED | D-BD [11] | ED-BD | |
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Property | ||||
Mass flow rate (kg/h) | 3628 | 3367 | 32 | |
Mass fraction | ||||
1,3-BD | 0.977 | 0.99 | 0.993 | |
1,3-BD recovery rate (%) | 94 | 99 |
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Song, D.; Yoon, Y.-G.; Seo, S.-K.; Lee, C.-J. Improvement of 1,3-Butadiene Separation in 2,3-Butanediol Dehydration Using Extractive Distillation. Processes 2019, 7, 410. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr7070410
Song D, Yoon Y-G, Seo S-K, Lee C-J. Improvement of 1,3-Butadiene Separation in 2,3-Butanediol Dehydration Using Extractive Distillation. Processes. 2019; 7(7):410. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr7070410
Chicago/Turabian StyleSong, Daesung, Young-Gak Yoon, Seung-Kwon Seo, and Chul-Jin Lee. 2019. "Improvement of 1,3-Butadiene Separation in 2,3-Butanediol Dehydration Using Extractive Distillation" Processes 7, no. 7: 410. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr7070410