Industry Challenge – Why Conventional Processes Are Expensive and Inefficient For decades, chemical production has followed a sequential “reaction first, separation later” configuration. Reactors complete conversion, while distillation columns handle purification. The result is a long process route with high…
Preface: Why “Catalyst Packing” Becomes the Make-or-Break Factor for Reactive Distillation Reactive distillation (RD) and catalytic distillation (CD) are representative process intensification technologies that synergistically integrate reaction and separation within a single column. On one hand, timely removal of products/by-products…
In typical reactions such as etherification, esterification, and hydrogenation, traditional processes usually face three common bottlenecks: (1) Due to balance constraints, the conversion rate cannot be further increased; (2) Strong heat release leads to hotspots and side reactions; (3) The…