Design and Optimization of Isopropyl Alcohol Production Using a Plug Flow Reactor

Team: Katharos Engineering LLC

Program:

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Project Description:

Isopropyl alcohol (IPA) is used in medicine, industry, and science as a sanitizer, solvent, and reagent in various solutions and processes. Our group has been tasked to manufacture 100,000 tons of IPA per year that is 99 wt%. We determined the optimal process sequence, feed flow rates, thermodynamic models, and unit specifications that produced the IPA product at the correct specifications

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  • Dr. John Edison

  • Dr. Sakul Ratanalert

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Process Flow Diagram of IPA production

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