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Table 2 Flow rates and stream composition at the extractor

From: Energy-efficient recovery of fermented butyric acid using octyl acetate extraction

Stream

Feed

Solvent

Extract

Wastewater

Composition

 Water

0.9929

0

0.0616

0.9986

 Acetic acid

0.0014

0

0.0019

0.0012

 Butyric acid

0.0058

0.0001

0.0558

0

 Octyl acetate

0

0.9999

0.8807

0.0001

Flow rates (kmol/h)

545.3

49.3

55.9

538.7