Published

2004-09-01

Ethanol dehydration

Deshidratación del etanol

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15446/ing.investig.v24n3.14610

Keywords:

ethanol dehydration, extractive distillation, azeotropic distillation, molecular screening (en)
deshidratación del etanol, destilación extractiva, destilación azeotrópica, tamices moleculares (es)

Authors

  • Ana María Uyazán Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Iván Dario Gil Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • J. L. Aguilar Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Gerardo Rodríguez Niño Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Luis Alfonso Caicedo Universidad Nacional de Colombia

This review outlines ethanol dehydration processes and their most important characteristics. It also deals with the main operating variables and some criteria used in designing the separation scheme. A differentiation is made between processes involving liquid-steam balance in separation operations and those doing it by screening the difference in molecule size. The last part presents a comparison between the three main industrial processes, stressing their strengths and weaknesses from the operational, energy consumption and industrial services points of view.

El objetivo de esta revisión es presentar los procesos de deshidratación del etanol y sus características más importantes, además de las principales variables de operación y algunos criterios utilizados en el diseño del esquema de separación. Se ha hecho una diferenciación entre los procesos que involucran operaciones equilibrio liquido-vapor para la separación y aquellos que lo hacen a través de diferencias de tamaño molecular. Finalmente, se presenta una comparación de los tres principales procesos aplicados a nivel industrial, resaltando sus fortalezas y debilidades desde el punto de vista operativo, de consumo energético y de servicios industriales.

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Uyazán, A. M., Gil, I. D., Aguilar, J. L., Rodríguez Niño, G. and Caicedo, L. A. (2004). Ethanol dehydration. Ingeniería e Investigación, 24(3), 49–59. https://doi.org/10.15446/ing.investig.v24n3.14610

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Uyazán, Ana María, Iván Dario Gil, J. L. Aguilar, Gerardo Rodríguez Niño, and Luis Alfonso Caicedo. 2004. “Ethanol dehydration”. Ingeniería E Investigación 24 (3):49-59. https://doi.org/10.15446/ing.investig.v24n3.14610.

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Uyazán AM, Gil ID, Aguilar JL, Rodríguez Niño G, Caicedo LA. Ethanol dehydration. Ing. Inv. [Internet]. 2004 Sep. 1 [cited 2025 Apr. 13];24(3):49-5. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/ingeinv/article/view/14610

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