Table 4 Stream results table (Base case)
From: Development of a sustainable process for the production of polymer grade lactic acid
Parameter/stream → ↓ | LA-FEED | METHFEED | PURELACT | DISTBOT | SEP2BOT | METHREC1 | PRODUCT | FIN-PROD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Temperature (K) | 298.1 | 298.1 | 379 | 393.4 | 393.4 | 343.2 | 373.1 | 413.7 |
Pressure (atm.) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Mass Fflow (kg/hr) | 10.5 | 7.5 | 11.29 | 8.171 | 6.921 | 2.445 | 8.936 | 6.491 |
Mass fraction (Mass purity) | ||||||||
Lactic acid | 0.571 | 0.001 | 0.001 | trace | 0.603 | 0.83 | ||
Methyl lactate | 0.613 | 0.845 | 0.997 | 147 PPM | 0.077 | 0.106 | ||
Methanol | 0.996 | 0.003 | 62 PPB | 0.782 | 0.214 | 165 PPM | ||
Water | 0.381 | 0.004 | 0.339 | 0.093 | 0.003 | 0.218 | 0.106 | 0.063 |
Others | 0.05 | 0.045 | 0.059 | |||||