PSEUDO-HOMOGENEOUS MODEL FOR ESTERIFICATION
Symbols used
CA
CP
CE
CW
k
[mol L–1]
[mol L–1]
[mol L–1]
[mol L–1]
liquid concentration of acetic acid
liquid concentration of propanol isomer
liquid concentration of propyl acetate
liquid concentration of water
[L mol h–1] kinetic constant for forward reaction
k’
[h–1]
kinetic constant for reverse reaction
initial concentration of propanol isomer
activation energy
CPo [mol L–1]
Ea
A
t
[J mol–1]
[L h–1 mol–1] pre-exponential factor
[h]
[K]
time
temperature
T
Figure 11. Reusability of 20% (w/w) DTPA/K10 catalyst in esterification
of acetic acid with propanol isomers at optimized process parameters
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Acknowledgements
The author Kakasaheb Yankappa Nandiwale thank the Director of
CSIR-NCL, Pune, India and the Director of the University Institute of
Chemical Technology, NMU, Jalgaon (India) for the permission to
work at CSIR-NCL, Pune (India) as M. Tech. (Chemical Engineering)
project trainee.
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