TY - GEN
T1 - Process design and optimization for etherification of glycerol with isobutene
AU - Liu, Jingjun
AU - Daoutidis, Prodromos
AU - Yang, Bolun
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Biodiesel-derived glycerol is converted to fuel additives through etherification with isobutene. Di-tert-butyl ethers (DE) and tri-tert-butyl ether (TE) of glycerol are the objective product. A new process for the production of glycerol ethers is proposed. Detected dimerization of isobutene is considered in the new process. Latest kinetic and liquid-liquid equilibrium data are used. Optimization based on economic analyses is implemented. Isobutene cost greatly dominates the production cost of glycerol ethers.
AB - Biodiesel-derived glycerol is converted to fuel additives through etherification with isobutene. Di-tert-butyl ethers (DE) and tri-tert-butyl ether (TE) of glycerol are the objective product. A new process for the production of glycerol ethers is proposed. Detected dimerization of isobutene is considered in the new process. Latest kinetic and liquid-liquid equilibrium data are used. Optimization based on economic analyses is implemented. Isobutene cost greatly dominates the production cost of glycerol ethers.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84969753229
T3 - Computing and Systems Technology Division 2015 - Core Programming Area at the 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting
BT - Computing and Systems Technology Division 2015 - Core Programming Area at the 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting
PB - AIChE
T2 - Computing and Systems Technology Division 2015 - Core Programming Area at the 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting
Y2 - 8 November 2015 through 13 November 2015
ER -