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Design and control of isopropyl alcohol dehydration via homogeneous azeotropic distillation using dimethyl sulfoxide as extractive agent

  • National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

The usual practice for the separation of Isopropyl alcohol (IPA) and water mixture in industry is to add cyclohexane as an entrainer via heterogeneous azeotropic distillation. An overall process system for IPA dehydration using dimethyl sulfoxide as extractive agent is studied. The waste liquid stream contains mainly isopropyl alcohol and water. In this study, feed stream with equal molar of IPA and water was assumed. The conceptual design of the overall homogenous azeotropic distillation column system contained two columns and a recycle stream. The first column was the homogeneous azeotropic distillation column with two feed streams including the fresh feed stream and the stream to add extractive agent into this column. Design variables that need to be optimized were highlighted. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 2006 AIChE Annual Meeting (San Francisco, CA 11/12-17/2006).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2006 AIChE Annual Meeting
StatePublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event2006 AIChE Annual Meeting - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: 12 11 200617 11 2006

Publication series

NameAIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings

Conference

Conference2006 AIChE Annual Meeting
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco, CA
Period12/11/0617/11/06

Keywords

  • Design and control
  • Homogeneous azeotropic distillation
  • Isopropyl alcohol dehydration
  • Optimal design

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