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Journal Article 
TAEE Sustainable Process Design and Simulation 
Perederic, OA; Plesu, V; Iancu, P; Bonet-Ruiz, AE; Bonet-Ruiz, J; Muchan, B 
2016 
1 
Computer - Aided Chemical Engineering
ISSN: 1570-7946
EISSN: 2543-1331 
Computer Aided Chemical Engineering 
38B 
2199-2204 
WOS:000406968900164 
Sustainable process design for TAEE synthesis process is performed by comparing three case studies (CS1, CS2 and CS3) based on two PFDs with different separation section (classical water-ethanol extraction method and pressure swing distillation) and different recycle streams. Heat integration (HI) of distillation columns is considered for two of the case studies. Feedstock for TAEE production process is represented by Light Cycle Naphtha enriched in 2-methyl-1-butene and 2-methyl-2-butene. Results point out that best performance is achieved for CS2 (pressure swing distillation and EtOH recycle): no danger to contaminate gasoline with water, EtOH recovery, and better energy performance. 
TAEE separation; pressure swing distillation; process integration