Determination of critical conditions for the esterification of acetic acid with ethanol in the presence of carbon dioxide



Document title: Determination of critical conditions for the esterification of acetic acid with ethanol in the presence of carbon dioxide
Journal: Brazilian journal of chemical engineering
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000309059
ISSN: 0104-6632
Authors: 1

2
Institutions: 1Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto Politecnico, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
2Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Escola de Quimica, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
Year:
Season: Sep
Volumen: 23
Number: 3
Pages: 359-364
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental, aplicado
English abstract In this work, we present the calculation of critical coordinates for the esterification of acetic acid with ethanol in compressed carbon dioxide. Determination of the critical pressure for this system is useful, since the conversion of this reaction increases with pressure in the two-phase region, reaching a maximum at the critical point. We used a calculation framework based on a coordinate transformation for molar fractions, producing a new compositional domain. For a system with five components (acetic acid + ethanol + ethyl acetate + water + carbon dioxide) and one equilibrium reaction, the compositional domain is entirely described by three independent transformed coordinates. The results obtained were compared with experimental observations presented in the literature. The results illustrate the capability of the framework used to determine critical coordinates for reactive systems, and thus its usefulness as a tool for pressure tuning for this esterification reaction in compressed carbon dioxide
Disciplines: Química
Keyword: Química orgánica,
Acido acético,
Esterificación,
Acetato de etilo,
Equilibrio vapor-líquido
Keyword: Chemistry,
Organic chemistry,
Acetic acid,
Esterification,
Ethyl acetate,
Vapor-liquid equilibrium
Full text: Texto completo (Ver HTML)