MAKE A PROCESS FLOW SHEET DIAGRAM IN PRODUCING ETHYL ACETATE BY AN ESTERIFICATION PROCESS Ethanol and acetic acid together with crude ethyl acetate is fed into the reactor in the presence of concentrated sulphuric acid to produce ester and water.
MAKE A PROCESS FLOW SHEET DIAGRAM IN PRODUCING ETHYL ACETATE BY AN ESTERIFICATION PROCESS
Ethanol and acetic acid together with crude ethyl acetate is fed into the reactor in the presence of concentrated sulphuric acid to produce ester and water. Then, the products are fed into the distillation column to separate water and ester (ethyl acetate). The bottom product of first distillation column is water and the overhead product is ethyl acetate. These parts are taken by dehydration and azeotropic distillation of ethyl acetate and water. The overhead product is passed to the decanter to separate the organic phase and aqueous phase. The upper layer known as organic phase while lower layer known as aqueous phase. Half of the organic phase is fed into the reactor and another potion of organic phased is passed into the second distillation column. The second column is a purify process where to give the pure ethyl acetate (bottom product). The top product is a mixture that consists of ethyl acetate, water and ethanol. This mixture is separated after cooling process and the light phase is fed back to second distillation column and the rest is transferred to the second decanter where its process is same as the first decanter to separate the organic and aqueous phase.
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