Type III Flowsheet BuAc and AmAc

Feasibility studies on quaternary reactive distillation systems, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 41, 4632-4642 

Lee and M. Z. Kuo, Phase and reaction equilibria of the acetic acid-isopropanol-isopropyl acetate-water system at 760 mmUg, Fluid Phase Equilib. 123, 147-165 (1996). 

STEADY-STATE DESIGN FOR ACETIC ACID ESTERIFICATION 

Finally, it is also observed that, despite seemingly different process configurations, these three flowsheets (Fig. 7.2) share a common characteristic. They all consist of three major elements a reactive section, a rectifier, and a stripper with somewhat different arrangements. 

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