Modeling and Optimizing of Producing Recycled PET from Fabrics Waste via Falling Film-Rotating Disk Combined Reactor

Table 1

Kinetic scheme [27].

Reaction	Equation	Rate constant
		Forward	Reverse
Esterification	EG + T-TPA T-EG + B-TPA + W
	T-EG + T-TPA ⇌ B-EG + B-TPA + W
Polycondensation	T-EG + T-EG ⇌ B-EG + EG
Thermal degradation	B-TPA + B-EG T-VIN + T-TPA		—
Diethylene glycol formation	B-TPA + T-EG + EG DEG + T-TPA		—
	B-TPA + T-EG + T-EG T-DEG + T-TPA		—
	T-EG + T-DEG ⇌ B-EG + DEG		/
Acetaldehyde formation	B-TPA + T-EG T-TPA + AA		—
	T-VIN + T-EG B-EG + AA		—