Three-Phase Distillation of Ethyl Acetate/Water/Ethanol: Separation Feasibility and Conceptual Design
Continuous production of ethyl acetate involves various separation challenges due to multiple azeotropes. In this study, three-phase advanced distillation method is applied through diverse purification scenarios for ternary separation of ethyl acetate system (ethyl acetate/water/ethanol). This highly non-ideal mixture contains four azeotropes and three distillation regions.