Conceptual design and simulation of synthesis of 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran from furfural

dc.contributor.advisorBuiles Toro, Santiagospa
dc.contributor.advisorAcosta Maya, Diego Andrésspa
dc.contributor.authorGarcía Ospina, Daniela
dc.contributor.authorGaviria Castrillón, Isabel
dc.coverage.spatialMedellín de: Lat: 06 15 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 6.2500 decimal degrees Long: 075 36 00 W degrees minutes Long: -75.6000 decimal degreeseng
dc.creator.degreeIngeniero de Procesosspa
dc.creator.emaildgarci14@eafit.edu.cospa
dc.creator.emailigaviria@eafit.edu.cospa
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-11T18:47:00Z
dc.date.available2018-07-11T18:47:00Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis project proposes an alternative to organic solvents by the production of less harmful, less toxic and renewable compounds -- The conceptual design of the production process of the green solvent 2-MethylTethrahydrofuran (2-MeTHF) which is an aprotic ether solvent partially miscible in water is presented -- 2-MeTHF has been used in organometallic and biphasic chemical processes because its interesting combination of properties provides opportunities for process simplification [1] -- It is proposed as an alternative of 3 common solvents, such as Tethrahydrofuran (THF), Dichloromethane (DCM) and Toluene, which have applications in the pharmaceutical, plastic, among other industries [2] -- In order to develop a more profitable productive process a simulation will be performed in Aspen HYSYS allowing to understand better the synergy among the different process variables -- Also, to create a more sustainable process, an energy integration is included -- Finally to evaluate the economic feasibility of the project, a cost analysis is carried out before and after optimization using process design tools with the support of Aspen HYSYS Economics -- The result of this work was a design and simulation (case 1) of a process for the production of 2-MeTHF at high purity (~99%) and integrate energetically using HEN methodology (case 3) and reuse of utilities (case 2) -- Optimization can reduce total costs by 54% of the cost of manufacturespa
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10784/12482
dc.language.isospaspa
dc.publisherUniversidad EAFITspa
dc.publisher.departmentEscuela de Ingeniería. Departamento de Ingeniería Procesosspa
dc.publisher.programIngeniería de Procesosspa
dc.rights.accessrightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessspa
dc.rights.localAcceso abiertospa
dc.subjectSolventes orgánicosspa
dc.subjectQuímica verdespa
dc.subjectMetodologías de Síntesis de HENspa
dc.subjectDiseño conceptualspa
dc.subjectSimulación de procesos químicosspa
dc.subjectIngeniería de procesosspa
dc.subject.keywordChemical processesspa
dc.subject.keywordSimulation methodsspa
dc.subject.lembPROCESOS QUÍMICOSspa
dc.subject.lembMÉTODOS DE SIMULACIÓNspa
dc.subject.lembFURALDEHIDOspa
dc.titleConceptual design and simulation of synthesis of 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran from furfuralspa
dc.typebachelorThesiseng
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis
dc.type.hasVersionacceptedVersioneng
dc.type.localTrabajo de gradospa

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