Intratec
Published: 2019-09-17
Total Pages: 102
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This report presents a cost analysis of Ethyl tert-Butyl Ether (ETBE) production from raffinate-1 and ethanol. The process examined is similar to UOP's Ethermax process for isobutylene etherification. In this process the etherification reaction is conducted in two steps, the first step being a conventional reactor and the second a reactive distillation column. Other established commercial etherification processes with similar configuration, like CBI's CDMTBE, Axens' MTBE Process and Evonik's MTBE Process may as well be represented by the economic analysis presented in this report. This report was developed based essentially on the following reference(s): Keywords: Etherification Reaction, Steam Cracking C4, Raffinate-1, Fuel Additive, Oxygenates