Process design and economic analysis of methacrylic acid extraction for three organic solvents

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2019.02.014

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering ›› 2019, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (12): 2909-2916.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2019.02.014

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Process design and economic analysis of methacrylic acid extraction for three organic solvents

Jie Li¹, Zhijian Peng¹, Chunshan Li², Ping Li³, Rafiqul Gani⁴

1 School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China;
2 Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Zhongke Langfang Institute of Process Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
3 State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China;
4 PSE for SPEED, Skyttemosen 6, DK-3450 Allerod, Denmark

Received:2019-01-03 Revised:2019-02-21 Online:2020-03-17 Published:2019-12-28
Contact: Zhijian Peng, Chunshan Li
Supported by:
Support by the National Key Projects for Fundamental Research and Development of China (2016YFB0601303), Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences,CAS,(QYZDBSSW-SLH022) and the Foundation of State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering (2017 -K08).

Process design and economic analysis of methacrylic acid extraction for three organic solvents

Jie Li¹, Zhijian Peng¹, Chunshan Li², Ping Li³, Rafiqul Gani⁴

1 School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China;
2 Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Zhongke Langfang Institute of Process Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
3 State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China;
4 PSE for SPEED, Skyttemosen 6, DK-3450 Allerod, Denmark

通讯作者: Zhijian Peng, Chunshan Li
基金资助:
Support by the National Key Projects for Fundamental Research and Development of China (2016YFB0601303), Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences,CAS,(QYZDBSSW-SLH022) and the Foundation of State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering (2017 -K08).

Abstract

Abstract: In this work, a techno-economic study for the solvent based extraction of methacrylic acid from an aqueous solution is presented. The involved phase equilibrium calculations in process design are verified by measured experimental data. First, experiments are conducted with different solvent candidates to measure LLE (liquid-liquid equilibrium) data and to establish the effects of extraction temperature and dosage of solvent. Next, the binary interaction parameters for the UNIQUAC model to be used for equilibrium calculations are fine-tuned with measured data. Then, a process for the solvent based extraction of methacrylic acid recovery is designed and verified through simulation with the regressed UNIQUAC model parameters. The optimal configuration of the process flowsheet is determined by minimizing the total annualized cost. Among the three solvent candidates considered-cyclohexane, hexane and toluene-the highest efficiency and the lowest total annualized cost is found with toluene as the solvent.

Key words: Extraction, Methacrylic acid, Optimization, Techno-economic analysis

摘要： In this work, a techno-economic study for the solvent based extraction of methacrylic acid from an aqueous solution is presented. The involved phase equilibrium calculations in process design are verified by measured experimental data. First, experiments are conducted with different solvent candidates to measure LLE (liquid-liquid equilibrium) data and to establish the effects of extraction temperature and dosage of solvent. Next, the binary interaction parameters for the UNIQUAC model to be used for equilibrium calculations are fine-tuned with measured data. Then, a process for the solvent based extraction of methacrylic acid recovery is designed and verified through simulation with the regressed UNIQUAC model parameters. The optimal configuration of the process flowsheet is determined by minimizing the total annualized cost. Among the three solvent candidates considered-cyclohexane, hexane and toluene-the highest efficiency and the lowest total annualized cost is found with toluene as the solvent.

关键词: Extraction, Methacrylic acid, Optimization, Techno-economic analysis

Jie Li, Zhijian Peng, Chunshan Li, Ping Li, Rafiqul Gani. Process design and economic analysis of methacrylic acid extraction for three organic solvents[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2019, 27(12): 2909-2916.

Jie Li, Zhijian Peng, Chunshan Li, Ping Li, Rafiqul Gani. Process design and economic analysis of methacrylic acid extraction for three organic solvents[J]. 中国化学工程学报, 2019, 27(12): 2909-2916.

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