Table 15 Performance indexes comparison: DMC versus DEC as a choice of raw material.

From: Comparative study of conventional and process intensification by reactive distillation designs for glycerol carbonate production from glycerol and diethyl carbonate

 

Case II (this work)

Residue curve10

GLY/GC (kmol/kmol)

0.969

1.01

Specific energy consumption (kWh/kmol GC)

226

275

Specific CO2 emissions (kmol CO2/kmol GC)

0.69

Not reported