Scale-up of a Pervaporation Membrane Assisted Transesterification Reactor for the Butyl Acetoacetate Production

摘要

The use of pervaporation membranes assisted reactors for chemical reaction processes has attracted much attention. Since pervaporation membranes permit selective removal of a component from a mixture, the membrane reactor systems have the potential to significantly increase the product yield and the reaction rate of equilibrium-limited reactions via controlled removal of the byproduct from the reaction mixture. Thermodynamically limited reactions, such as transesterification reactions, have alcohol byproduct generated. If the alcohol byproduct is selectively removed, enhanced yield over that conventionally achieved is possible. Thus, transesterification reactions are well-suited for the use of a membrane reactor system.