Chemistry 1001 (CHEMISTRY 1001)

Ethyl Acetate Design Project University of California Santa Barbara Omid Borjian Executive Summary The catalytic conversion of ethanol to produce ethyl acetate has shown to be a profitable market. We designed a plant to optimize the production of ethyl acetate, while minimizing operating and production costs and undesired side products. We found that the reaction was best suited for a 41m3 plug flow reactor operated at 285 oC and 1 atm. Feeding 120 MM kg/yr of ethanol into the ...