Hello everyone.
I would like to know how is azeotrope in a vapor phase can be condensed and separated by a decanter?The vapor is butanol,water,butyl acrylate and butyl acetate.According to some patents the decanter will form two phases.Butanol and water will be the aqueous phase(where 90% is...
Hello everyone.
I am supposed to design a butyl acrylate refining plant.I would like to know how to separate the butanol,water, dibutyl ether and butyl acetate from the butyl acrylate as they all form azeotropes with each other.The purity of the final product should be 99.5%.