Graça, Nuno S.Pais, Luís S.Silva, Viviana M.T.M.Rodrigues, Alírio2014-01-142014-01-142012Graça, N.S.; Pais, L.S.; Silva, V.M.T.M.; Rodrigues, A.E. (2012). Synthesis of 1,1-dibutoxyethane in a simulated moving bed adsorptive reactor. In 22nd International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (ISCRE). Maastricht, The Netherlandshttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/9146The synthesis of 1,1-Dibutoxyethane was carried out in a Simulated Moving Bed pilot unit LICOSEP 12-26 (Novasep, France) with 12 columns packed with the commercial ionexchange resin Amberlyst 15 (Rohm & Haas, France). Experimentally it was obtained a raffinate purity of 85% with a productivity of 5,04 Kg.L-1.d-1 and a desorbent consumption of 15, 5 L.Kg-1. The influence of the different operation parameters was studied by simulation. The results showed that the SMBR process presents a potential to be a competitive, efficient and environmentally friendly way to produce 1,1- Dibutoxyethane and other acetals.engMultifunctional reactorsSimulated moving bedAcetalsAmberlyst 15conference object