Mahdi, Taha H. and Ahmad, Arshad and Ripin, Adnan and Nasef, Mohamed Mahmoud (2015) Separation of azeotropic mixture using multi-stage ultrasound-assisted flash distillation. Chemical Product and Process Modeling, 10 (4). pp. 237-242. ISSN 2194-6159
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/cppm-2015-0003
Abstract
A mathematical model for an ultrasound-assisted vapor liquid equilibrium (VLE) system developed in Aspen Custom Modeler is exported to Aspen Plus flowsheeting environment to form a block in the software library to represent a single stage flash separation unit. The block is then arranged in series to mimic an ultrasonically intensified distillation process. As a case study, an ethanol/ethyl acetate separation process is examined. The results show that a 99 mol% ethyl acetate recovery is established when a series of 27 flash VLE devices are used. The system is also evaluated for other minimum boiling azeotropic mixtures, and consistent results are obtained, thus revealing the potentials of ultrasound-assisted system as an alternative strategy for azeotropic mixture separations.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | azeotropic mixture, flash distillation |
Subjects: | T Technology > TP Chemical technology |
Divisions: | Chemical Engineering |
ID Code: | 55427 |
Deposited By: | Muhamad Idham Sulong |
Deposited On: | 04 Sep 2016 02:33 |
Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2016 02:33 |
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