30 ene 2026 - 17:47 CET

How can one increase the productivity of a process based on a thermodynamically limited reaction?
This sounds like a job for #processintensification!

Through the use of a membrane pervaporation reactor, in situ water removal from the esterification of #glycerol to #triacetin has led to significant increases in yield and selectivity to this valuable #biofuel additive.
Computer-aided process design and techno-economic analysis predict quite meaningful productivity increases of the process together with meaningful savings with respect to the use of a conventional batch reactor!

Read the entire article here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894726007710?via%3Dihub

Work performed together with Aya Sandid  and collaborators at our sister #RESCUE group at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Manchester.