Experimental studies of ethyl acetate saponification using different reactor systems: The effect of volume flow rate on reactor performance and pressure drop

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Abstract

Microreactors intensify chemical processes due to improved flow regimes, mass and heat transfer. In the present study, the effect of the volume flow rate on reactor performance in different reactors (the T-shaped reactor, the interdigital microreactor and the chicane microreactor) was investigated. For this purpose, the saponification reaction in these reactor systems was considered. Experimental results were verified using the obtained kinetic model. The reactor system with a Tshaped reactor shows good performance only at high flow rates, while the experimental setups with the interdigital and the chicane microreactors yield good performance throughout the whole range of volume flow rates. However, microreactors exhibit a higher pressure drop, indicating higher mechanical flow energy consumption than seen using a T-shaped reactor.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number532
JournalApplied Sciences (Switzerland)
Volume9
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 4 Feb 2019
Peer-reviewedYes

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Keywords

  • Chicane microreactor, Ethyl acetate saponification, Interdigital microreactor, Microreactors, Pressure drop, Reactor performance, T-shaped reactor, Volume flow rate