Design and Control of Glycerol-tert-Butyl Alcohol Etherification Process

Table 3

Stream results for the reaction section (Figure 7).

Stream name	G0	TBA1	TBA0	GM1	1	2	3a	3b	W	D + T
Flow/(kmol/hr)	2.15	26.5	4.37	6.23	32.75	32.8	26.47	6.32	4.35	2.24
Flow/(kg/hr)	198	1883	324	759	2642	2642	1635	1006.6	80.8	445.6
Temp/(°C)	20	79.8	25	140.9	70	70	29.3	177	25	139.5
Pressure/(bar)	1	5	1	5	5	4.95	1.2	0.15	1	0.1
Flow/(kmol/hr)
G	2.15	Trace	0	2.94	2.94	0.8	Trace	0.81	0	0.01
TBA	0	24.9	4.37	Trace	24.9	20.6	20.6	0.002	0.04	0.003
ME	0	Trace	0	3.27	3.27	3.27	Trace	3.27	0	0.007
DE	0	Trace	0	0.01	0.01	2.14	Trace	2.14	0	2.13
TE	0	Trace	0	Trace	Trace	0.002	Trace	0.002	0	0.0019
Water	0	1.5	0	Trace	1.5	5.81	5.81	0.005	4.31	0.005
S	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	0.1	Trace	0.1	Trace	0.1
IB	0	0	0	0	Trace	0.04	0.04	Trace	0	Trace