Design and control of a process to produce furfuryl alcohol
Journal
Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
Journal Volume
51
Pages
44-52
Date Issued
2015
Author(s)
Abstract
The design and control of a process to produce furfuryl alcohol is reported. Furfural is hydrogenated to furfuryl alcohol in a gas phase packed bed reactor with high selectivity and conversion. The product alcohol is separated from unreacted furfural and byproducts water and 2-methyl furan in a single low-pressure distillation column. Catalyst dilution is employed to increase the area available for heat transfer in the reactor. Control studies indicate that single-point temperature control of the distillation column is adequate to maintain product purity and avoid excessive loss of valuable material from the top of the column. A reactor effluent composition controller cascaded onto a reactor temperature controller can compensate for catalyst deactivation by raising the reactor temperature. ? 2015 Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Subjects
Furfuryl alcohol
Process control
Process design
SDGs
Type
journal article