METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING MULTIPLE ESTERS

• Main Authors: HUANG HSIAO-PING, CHIEN I-LUNG, LAI I-KUAN, LEE MING-JER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.04.2012
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for manufacturing at least two esters. The method includes steps of: (a) reacting an acid and an alcohol mixture in a reactive distillation (RD) column to generate an alcohol-ester-water azeotrope, wherein the alcohol mixture includes at least two alcohols; (b)...