Table 4 Reboiler heat duty and solvent loss for various bio-products and fatty acid separations
From: Eco-efficient recovery of bio-based volatile C2–6 fatty acids
Products | Process | Solvent | Loss (kg/h) | Duty (MW) for ton/h feed | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Butanol | Distillation | 2.71 | Aneke and Gorgens [62] | ||
Extract./distil. | 2-Ethyl-1-hexanol | 1.6 | 0.86 | ||
Acetic acid | Distillation | 2.59 | Li et al. [26]. | ||
Extract./distil. | MTBE | – | 0.38 | ||
2,3-Butanediol | Extract./distil. | 1-Butanol | 0.3 | 0.43 | Haider et al. [63]. |
VFAs | Extract./distil. | Hexyl acetate Nonyl acetate | 0.3 – | 0.13 | This study |