This paper regards the field of the chemical engineering that is commonly identified as Process Intensification (PI) . The main objective of PI is to improve processes and products to obtain technologies more safe and economic. ENI and the University of Pisa are partners in the European project INtegrating SEparation and Reactive Technologies (INSERT) that considers the integration of the two key steps common to conversion processes (reaction and separation), to develop new configurations with advanced performances respect to the conventional ones. It has been chosen to apply Catalytic Distillation, the most promising application of the intensification principles, to the synthesis of dimethyl ether (DME) from methanol. This is one of the seven industrial case studies being investigated to test and validate the INSERT methodology.
DME synthesis via catalytic distillation: experiments and simulation
BRUNAZZI, ELISABETTA
2007-01-01
Abstract
This paper regards the field of the chemical engineering that is commonly identified as Process Intensification (PI) . The main objective of PI is to improve processes and products to obtain technologies more safe and economic. ENI and the University of Pisa are partners in the European project INtegrating SEparation and Reactive Technologies (INSERT) that considers the integration of the two key steps common to conversion processes (reaction and separation), to develop new configurations with advanced performances respect to the conventional ones. It has been chosen to apply Catalytic Distillation, the most promising application of the intensification principles, to the synthesis of dimethyl ether (DME) from methanol. This is one of the seven industrial case studies being investigated to test and validate the INSERT methodology.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
