Research Article
Design and Control of Glycerol-tert-Butyl Alcohol Etherification Process
Table 4
Stream results for the azeotrope separation section (Figure
8).
| Stream name | 3a | TBA1a | AZ | S0 | W | TBA + S | IB | TBA1b | S |
| Flow/(kmol/hr) | 26.46 | 11.7 | 14.7 | 90.6 | 4.35 | 100.9 | 0.04 | 10.38 | 90.5 | Flow/(kg/hr) | 1635 | 858.5 | 776.6 | 8164.5 | 80.8 | 8858 | 2.22 | 700.1 | 8158 | Temp./(°C) | 29.3 | 97.8 | 76 | 30 | 25 | 156 | 25 | 80 | 231 | Pressure/(bar) | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.13 | Flow/(kmol/hr) | | | | | | | | | | TBA | 20.61 | 11.5 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.04 | 9.05 | Trace | 9.03 | Trace | IB | 0.04 | Trace | 0.04 | 0 | 0.003 | Trace | 0.039 | Trace | Trace | S | 0 | 0.0 | Trace | 90.6 | Trace | 90.6 | 0 | 0.1 | 90.5 | Water | 5.8 | 0.2 | 5.57 | 0 | 4.31 | 1.2 | 0.001 | 1.2 | Trace |
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