TY - JOUR
T1 - Modeling of a Reaction-Distillation-Recycle System to Produce Dimethyl Ether through Methanol Dehydration
AU - Muharam, Y.
AU - Zulkarnain, L. M.
AU - Wirya, A. S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/3/28
Y1 - 2018/3/28
N2 - The increase in the dimethyl ether yield through methanol dehydration due to a recycle integration to a reaction-distillation system was studied in this research. A one-dimensional phenomenological model of a methanol dehydration reactor and a shortcut model of distillation columns were used to achieve the aim. Simulation results show that 10.7 moles/s of dimethyl ether is produced in a reaction-distillation system with the reactor length being 4 m, the reactor inlet pressure being 18 atm, the reactor inlet temperature being 533 K, the reactor inlet velocity being 0.408 m/s, and the distillation pressure being 8 atm. The methanol conversion is 90% and the dimethyl ether yield is 48%. The integration of the recycle stream to the system increases the dimethyl ether yield by 8%.
AB - The increase in the dimethyl ether yield through methanol dehydration due to a recycle integration to a reaction-distillation system was studied in this research. A one-dimensional phenomenological model of a methanol dehydration reactor and a shortcut model of distillation columns were used to achieve the aim. Simulation results show that 10.7 moles/s of dimethyl ether is produced in a reaction-distillation system with the reactor length being 4 m, the reactor inlet pressure being 18 atm, the reactor inlet temperature being 533 K, the reactor inlet velocity being 0.408 m/s, and the distillation pressure being 8 atm. The methanol conversion is 90% and the dimethyl ether yield is 48%. The integration of the recycle stream to the system increases the dimethyl ether yield by 8%.
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U2 - 10.1088/1757-899X/316/1/012027
DO - 10.1088/1757-899X/316/1/012027
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85045682138
SN - 1757-8981
VL - 316
JO - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
JF - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
IS - 1
M1 - 012027
T2 - 15th International Conference on Quality in Research, QiR 2017
Y2 - 24 July 2017 through 27 July 2017
ER -