Table 1 Basic information of the chemical components in this study.

From: Intensified process based on reactive distillation for Triacetin production via glycerol esterification with acetic acid

Component

Formula

CAS number

Molecular Weight

Boiling point at 1 bar (°C)

Boiling point at 0.7 bar (°C)

Acetic acid

C2H4O2

64-19-7

60.05

117.90

106.36

Glycerol

C3H8O3

56-81-5

92.09

287.85

273.96

Monoacetin

C5H10O4

26446-35-5

134.13

282.37

273.69

Diacetin

C7H12O5

25395-31-7

176.17

294.10

285.61

Triacetin

C9H14O6

102-76-1

218.21

259.50

245.72

Water

H2O

7732-18-5

18.02

99.65

89.97

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