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4641880 
Journal Article 
Novel process integration for biodiesel blend in membrane reactive divided wall (MRDW) column 
Sakhre, V; Jain, S; Sapkal, VS; Agarwal, DevP 
2016 
1 
Polish Journal of Chemical Technology
ISSN: 1509-8117 
18 
1 
105-112 
WOS:000373718000016 
The paper proposes a novel process integration for biodiesel blend in the Membrane assisted Reactive Divided Wall Distillation (MRDW) column. Biodiesel is a green fuel and grade of biodiesel blend is B20 (%) which consist of 20% biodiesel and rest 80% commercial diesel. Instead of commercial diesel, Tertiary Amyl Ethyl Ether (TAEE) was used as an environment friendly fuel for blending biodiesel. Biodiesel and TAEE were synthesized in a pilot scale reactive distillation column. Dual reactive distillation and MRDW were simulated using aspen plus. B20 (%) limit calculation was performed using feed flow rates of both TAEE and biodiesel. MRDW was compared with dual reactive distillation column and it was observed that MRDW is comparatively cost effective and suitable in terms of improved heat integration and flow pattern. 
biodiesel; divided wall column; membrane separator; trans-esterification 
IRIS
• tert-Amyl ethyl ether (TAEE)
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