In this work, the process simulation of pressure-swing distillation(PSD) and extractive distillation(ED) using ionic liquid(IL) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate([bmim][OAc]) as the entrainer for separation of ethyl...In this work, the process simulation of pressure-swing distillation(PSD) and extractive distillation(ED) using ionic liquid(IL) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate([bmim][OAc]) as the entrainer for separation of ethyl acetateethanol-water mixture is performed. The design parameters of the two distillation processes are optimized with the minimum total annual cost(TAC) serving as the objective function. The results show that the TAC saving of ED process is 35.27% in comparison with that of PSD process in the case of achieving the same purity and yield of ethyl acetate.In addition, the dynamic controllability of ED process is further studied. The traditional two-point temperature control structure is proposed for the ED process, and it works pretty well while taking into account the disturbances in both feed rate and feed composition.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21676299 and 21476261)
文摘In this work, the process simulation of pressure-swing distillation(PSD) and extractive distillation(ED) using ionic liquid(IL) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate([bmim][OAc]) as the entrainer for separation of ethyl acetateethanol-water mixture is performed. The design parameters of the two distillation processes are optimized with the minimum total annual cost(TAC) serving as the objective function. The results show that the TAC saving of ED process is 35.27% in comparison with that of PSD process in the case of achieving the same purity and yield of ethyl acetate.In addition, the dynamic controllability of ED process is further studied. The traditional two-point temperature control structure is proposed for the ED process, and it works pretty well while taking into account the disturbances in both feed rate and feed composition.